■140 TAC.M SK(H;sili:i!(i 



unsatiNliicii'i V I'roin sovoral points of viow. TlKM-liicf cuisi' of lliis is |)ri)li:ilil\ lli:it llirsc ^intluns 

 liavt' paid attoiitioii to too lew cliaractcrs. 



A now classification of this family seems to mo ahsolnicU nocossarv .md slimiM lie ciKricd 

 out as stMin as possible. It may |)t'rliaps soi'iii iirciii.iturt' to a1t('ni|il to do this ;il this ciiK- 

 st.rtge, as «mr knowledge id" the species belonging to this groiip lli.it h;i\c prcvioiish- been 

 described is very incomplete in most cases on account ol the iiicoinph'tiMiess and obvious 

 uncertainty oi these descriptions. In .spite of this 1 tiiouglit it best to maUc the att<'iii])t. 

 Wi/ iir>i' (/ii'>.«i.i/i of Xhe result «d' my work on this problem, whicli, merely becau.sc of the reu.son gi\ rn .diovr. 



"* '''^"'''^ pan only be considered as a provisional one, is as follows: — 

 Genus Asterope: — 

 For d e s c r i p t i o n see Ix'low. 



The number of species included in this genus has been considerably restricted. 

 In addition to the species described by me beloAV the following forms probably belong 

 to this gemis: 



Asterope australis. G. S. BRADY, 1890, p. r>l.l. pi. IV, figs. 1. 2. 

 Cypris bimaculald. K. Nicoi.ET. in ('. Gay, 1849, p. 294*. 

 Asterope cylindrica., G. S. Bhady, 1890, p. 515, pi. IV, figs. 7. 8. 

 elliptica, A. Pllll.lPPi. 1840. p. 188. pi. Til. figs. 9—11. 



glncialis, G. W. Mt'I.lACR. 1908. p. 93. pi. Mil, figs. 11—15, pi. IX, figs. 17, 18. 

 gracilis, G. SegUENZA, 1885, vol. 5, p. 58. v. 4, pi. II, fig. 9. 

 grisea, G. S. Brady, 1898, p. 432, pi. XLIII. figs. 9—14. 

 Cf/lindroleberis inermis, G. W. Mri.i,i:i!. 190(5 b. ]i. 34, pi. V, figs. 6—13. 

 Ciipridina Mariae, W. Baird, 1850 c, p. 257, pi. XVII, figs. 5—7. 

 Cijlindroleberis Mariae, G. S. Brady, 1868b, p. 465. pi. XXXIII. figs. 18, 22. pl.XLI, fig. 1. 

 Asterope Mariae, G. S. Brady and A. M. Norman. 1896. p. 630, pi. L, figs. 1—6. 



ph LI, figs. 11—22, pi. LII, figs. 10—15. 

 Cylindroleheris Marine. J. A. Cl shmaTs, 1906, p. 366, pi. XXIX. figs. 19—25. 



Cil. .Ji day. 1907, p. 143, pi. XIX, figs. 7—11. 

 Cypridina nitidula, Fr. MCller, 1870, p. 255, pi. VIII, figs. 9—12. 



oblonga, E. Grube, 1859, p. 322. pi. XII. figs. 2—5. 

 Asterope „ C. Glaus, i876, p. 92. 



G. 0. Sars, 1887, p. 31, pi. I, figs. 5—8, pi. II, figs. 1—2, pi. V, VI. 

 Cylindroleberis .. R. W. Sharpe, 1909, p. 423, pi. LXII, figs. 1—4. 

 Cypridina olivacea, J. D. Daxa, 1849, p. 51**. 

 Asterope oralis, C. Claus, 1876, p. 93. 



pacifica, L. GRANATA, 1915, p. 29, fig. 4. 

 quadraia, G. S. Brady, 1898, p. 432, pi. XLV, figs. 17—21. 

 Cypridina teres, A. M. NORMAX, 1861, p. 280, pi. XIV, fig. 10. 

 Cylindroleberis teres, G. S. Bp.ady, 1868 b, p. 465, pi. XXXIII, figs. 6—9, pi. XLI, fig. 2. 



* G. S. Brady believes (1880, p. 152) that ttiis form is a Cypridina. This is certainly inrorrect. 

 ** Referred to Philomechs by G. O. Sars 1865, p. 107. lo A-tlero/ic by G. S. P.iiady. 1H80, p. I5<). 



