Canon A. M. Norman on Brit'iah Amphipoili. 415 



//ah. The spocinions I liavo seen of this spocios arc all 

 from tlio easti'in side of our island. That fii^iircd is one of 

 those from CuUercoats, Northumberland, which Bate and 

 Westwood recorded under the name MohUkjiki chjpeaUi. 

 Other specimens in my collection are from St. Andrews 

 [Professor Mcintosh) and Aberdeen {Mr. R. Dawson). 



I have thought it best to figure a Cullercoats s|ieeinicn, 

 since it was one of these which was recorded by IJate and 

 Westwood. ^ly St. Andrews example is, however, more 

 mature, and, agreeing in all other respects, differs somewhat 

 in I he form of the hand of the second gnathopod, which is 

 somewhat longer in proportion to the bieadth, nearly twice 

 as long as the greatest width ; the palm &c. is as in the 

 Cullercoats example. 



This species is nearest allied to M. ruhrovittntn, from which 

 it may be easily distinguished by the totally different form of 

 the first gnatiiopod (fig. 5, first gnathopod of M. rubrovittala), 

 by the absolutely transverse palm of the second gnatiiopods, 

 and by differences in tiie last perieopods. 



^ly friend the late Dr. D. Kobertson, in the appendix to 

 his first rej)ort (p. 91, se])arate copy), recorded " Melopa 

 cli/peota" from Cumbrae. It is probable that the Amjjhipod 

 found by him was Metopa ruhrovittata, since I have on two 

 occasions, in 1854 and in ] 885, taken that species at Cumbrae. 



Dr. lloek has described from Holland a Metopa nearly 

 allied to M. ruhrovittata under the name Metopa Normani 

 (lloek, "Crustacea Neerlandica, II.," Tijdsch. der Nederl. 

 Dierkundige Vereen. ser. 2, vol. ii. p. 21 (separate copy), 

 pi. vii, figs. 5 and 5') ; but it appears to be more closely 

 allied to M. ruhrovittata than the species which I have here 

 described. 



102. Metopa borealis, G. O. Sars. 



1882. .^fetopa borealis, G. O. Sars, (102) p. 91, pi. iv. fijr. 4 (but not 



tig. 4 «). 

 1892. Metopa borealis, G. O. Sars, (142) p, 254, pi. l.vxxi.v. l\'^. I. 



J/ab. Isle of Cumbrae, 1885 {A, M. N.) ; South Bav, 

 Firth of Forth, 1888 [T. S.) ; Menai Strait {A. O. Il'.j : 

 Mus. Nor. Guernsey (^1. 0. W.). 



Jfistrih. Tromso {J. S. Sclineider) : Mus. Nor. Norwav 

 ((j. O. Sars) ; Greenland (/AtHse/j). 



lOii. Metopa i^ropinquaj G. O. Sars. 

 18'.>2. Metopa propinqua, G. O. Sftrs, (142) p. 204, pi. xciii. lig. I. 

 Ilah. The only record of this species occurring in our fauna 



