Species of the Isopod Genus Serolis. 



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defined ; tlie arched outer margin of this side-plate is minutely- 

 serrated, and, like the margins of the succeeding coxal plates, 

 is fringed with long set?e. 



Tiie telsonic segment (text-fig. 2) is rather broader and its 

 lateral margins more sinuous than in S. latifrons. The 

 median keel, with a marked pit near its anterior end where it 

 unites with a sliort curved transverse ridge, is similar in the 

 two species. The submarginal ridge on each side also runs 

 a similar course in both, parallel to the front margin ante- 

 riorly, tlien curving round to run ])arallel to the lateral 

 margin, but it is more sharply defined in the new species, and, 



Fig. 2. 



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Serulis beddardi, sp. n., female. Posterior part of body, further enlarged. 

 a, vestige of tergura of eighth thoracic somite ; b, coxal plate of 

 same somite ; c, tergum of Hr.st abdominal somite. 



in the anterior jiart of its course, it is undercut posteriorly 

 On either side of the median keel, behind the middle of the 

 segment, is a pair of short, somewhat irregular, submedian 

 ridges, converging posteriorly. Between the ridges tlie 

 surface is studded with prominent widely-spaced tubercles or 

 granules. 



The appendages differ veiy little from those of S. lati/fons. 

 The distal segments of the walking-legs are rather less 

 slender. 



Althouiih there is some variation in the relative length of 



