IS Canon A. M. Norman — Xotes on the 



in a gatlieving from Yaranger Fiord. Ancoraholus mirabilis 

 was observed many years ago by the Rev. A. M. Norman 

 along with one or two other curious forms in a gathering of 

 Clyde Crustacea ; drawings of these forms were prepared, and 

 these, with suitable descriptions, would have been published 

 ere this time, but the stress of other work has delayed this 

 being done ; it is expected, however, that these descriptions 

 and drawings will now soon be ready for publication. The 

 occurrence of this strange form in the Arctic seas as well as 

 in the Firth of Clyde suggests that its distribution may be 

 more general and diffused than has been observed hitherto. 

 The extremely spiny armature of the carapace tends to collect 

 around the animal a coating of mud, which helps to conceal it 

 and prevent its recognition. 



Genus Cletodes, Brady, 1872. 

 Cletodes hirsuttpes, T. Scott. 



1897. Cletodes hirsutipes, T. Scott, Fifteenth Ann. "Rep. Fishery 

 Board for Scotland, pt. iii. p. 171, pi. vii. figs. 11-18. 



This species occurred very sparingly in gatherings from 

 Vadso and Varanger Fiord. 



Cletodes curvifostris, T. Scott. 



1894. Cletodes cwvirostris, T. Scott, Twelfth Ann. Rep. Fishery 

 Board for Scotland, pt. iii. p. 2o0, pi. viii. figs. 18-24. 



A single specimen of Cletodes curvirost?'is was observed 

 along with the species just recorded in the gathering from 

 Yaranger Fiord^ and tliis was the only gathering in which it 

 was noticed. 



Cletodes vai inns, T. Scott, sp. n. 

 (PI. III. figs. 7-11.) 



Description of the female. — The body is narrow and cylin- 

 drical in form ; the first two segments of the abdomen appear 

 to be coalescent and the last is armed with a small dorsal 

 tooth (fig. 7); the rostrum is small; the caudal furcaj are 

 moderately elongated and about equal to the combined lengths 

 of the last two abdominal segments. The specimen repre- 

 sented by the drawing measures about '6 millim. {-^q of an 

 inch) in length. 



The antennules are short and composed of five joints ; 

 four of the joints are of moderate size, but the penultimate 

 one is small ; the last three joints are provided with a few 

 somewhat stout and coarsely plumose and plain sette (fig. 8). 



