l}24 AMPniPODA NOUMALIA. 



oblique, waved, unanned : fourth pair ro.scml)ling, but shorter 

 than, the tliii-d : fiftli still shorter. 

 Length ^""'jyths of an inch. 



Hah. Indian Ocean. 



The figure of this species is taken from a damaged specimen in the 

 Museum at Paris ; the description is from the same soui-ce, aided by 

 that of Milne-Edwards. 



It is named after M. de Blosseville, who perished in the Arctic 

 llegions. 



3. Anchylomera Hunteri. (Plate LII. fig. 2.) 



Anchylomera Iluntcn'i, Ediciinh, Aiut. dcs Sc. Kat. xx. p. 304 ; Hist, 

 lies Crust, iii. p. 88. pi. .30. f. 4. 



" The body is more curved than in A. Blossevillei ; the antennae are 

 scarcely longer than the cephalon, and the flagella consist of 

 only fifteen articuli. Gnathopoda subequal. Third pair of pereio- 

 poda having the antero-distal angle produced into a strong tooth, 

 more prominent than those upon the antero-distal margin ; the 

 propodos and dactylos fused together, short, pointed. 



" Length ^ths of an inch. 



" Hab. Isle of Bourbon." — Edwards. 



4. Anchylomera abbreviata. (Plate LII. fig. 3.) B.M. 



Hieracouj'x abbreviatus, Guerin, Mag. de Zool. cl. vii. pi. 17. f. 2. 

 Edwards, Hist, des Crust, iii. p. 88. 



Antennae as long as the cephalon is deep. Gnathopoda subequal. 

 First two pairs of pereiopoda having the carpi triangulate, the 

 infero-distal angle produced ; inferior and distal margins minutely 

 serrated : third pair having the basos moderately dilated ; carpus 

 ovate, anterior margin denticulated; propodos and dactylos not fused 

 together : fourth pair shorter than the third : fifth almost rudi- 

 mentary. Three posterior pairs of pleopoda having the lamelli- 

 form rami long-ovate. Telson short, rounded, as broad as long. 



Length ^^ths of an inch. 



Hah. Taken between He Malouines and Port Jackson {M. Gau- 

 dichaud), S. Atlantic (and near Mauritius ?) (Mr. Rayner). 



5. Anchylomera sedentaria. (Plate LII. fig. 4.) 

 Phronima sedentaria, Costa, Puchi Crust, del. Messina. 



Superior antennas two-thirds the length of the inferior. Inferior 

 antennae about half the length of the animal. 



Hab. Mediterranean (Costa). 



