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bi'inah ilivirckij^r, vorii iiusiiobofii'iic iiml mil liin^cn stcilVn \\'ini|)i'rn diclil licsctztc Laiiicllcii 

 oil Kii'inon? llintor ilinen uiul vor dcni Sdiwanz sail icli eiiu' andiv vt'isiiliiedi'U gestaltete uiid 

 mir kiirz nowimpcrto Lanu'lK'. Aiilicrdcin fand ich droi Paar siclit'lf6rinif>;t>. laii^ gowiinpcrtc 

 I'alpi'ii odor Kauliilie". The two pairs oi leet sci'in to correspond to tlio first j)air of aiiti-iuiac 

 and the mundiblo; the organ that is assumed to be gills, is probably the maxilla, the then 

 mentioned lamella is the sixth limb and the three pairs of palps finally mentioni'd seem to 

 correspond to the comb and the epipodial plate of llir liftli iiriih. The rialmc of the cleanijig 

 limbs has obviously not been understood by this author; these appendages are called „ein 

 I'aar eylindrischer. geringelter, mit einigen Borsten besctzter Filden"; they arc comf)ared to 

 the gills, four of which were observed, and it is assumed that, like these, they serve ,,zum Anheften 

 der Eier". (This interpretation was presumably influenced by Mli.NE EDWARDS, who in 1840 

 cuUed the seventh lind) a ..patte ovifere".) According to i'liiuii'i the furca consists of only 

 one lamella. 



W. Baird, 1847, ]). 23, interprets the first antenna correctly, he calls the second antenna 

 a ..natatory foot", the mandible is explained as the second pair of antennae, the maxilla as 

 the ,,secoud pair of jaws", the fifth limb as the ,, first pair of jaws", the sixth limbs as ,, mandibles?" 

 and the seventh limb, which in the description is included between ,,the natatory foot" and the 

 maxilla, as the ,,oviferous foot". With regard to the scythe-shaped process on the first proto- 

 podite joint of the mandible, a figure of which is given, this author writes: ,,The part .... 

 is unique, but I do not know its nature or use." 



Yj. Grxjbe^s descriipthn oi Cypndina( = Asterope) oblonga, 1859, shows in many respects 

 an nnportant advance in our knowledge of these forms. This author was the first to observe 

 the rod-shaped organ in this family (as is shown on p. 164 this organ had, however, been 

 observed in other Cypridinijormes by W. LilljebORG, 1853 and in Halocypriformes by 

 J. D. Da.na, 1852); Grube remained, however, ignorant as to the nature of this organ. This 

 author gives drawings of the limbs which are, at least in parts, rather good. The first and second 

 antemiae and the mandible are given their right names, the endite on the first protopodite 

 joint of the mandible is drawn attached to the base of this limb; it is called ,,hakenartigc 

 Fortsatz", without the author's attempting to give any indication of its nature. With regard 

 to the explanation of the other limbs GrRUBE is, however, less successful. He calls the maxilla 

 „der sichelformige zarte Wulst . . . am Rande der Mandibelpalpe". The fiftli limb is placed 

 some distance behind the sixth and is turned backwards; its epipodial appendage is called the 

 first maxilla, its comb the second maxilla. The sixth limb is said to correspond to ,,der Lade 

 der Mandibelpalpen" or else to belong to the ,, first maxilla". With regard to the seventh limb 

 this author, like A. Philippi, is so far behind MiLNE Edwards, 1840, that lie did not observe 

 the nature of this organ as a limb; this appendage is called „grifEelformiger Anhang". Both 

 the lamellae of the furca were observed. Curiously enough the giUs, on the other hand, escaped 

 attention. Grube writes about these as follows, p. 334: ,,Was die vier wurstformigen hinter 

 demselben" (= T^h limb) ,,am Riicken emporstehenden Korper bedeuten, die PHILIPPI an seiner 

 Asterope abbildet, ist nicht naher angegeben, sind es vielleicht abgeloste und dort angebackene 

 Eierklumpen?" 



