292 



Male unknown. 



Colour not yet ascertained. 



Length of adult female 0.60 mm. 



Remarks. This form, as stated above, was described by Th. Scott as a 

 species of the genus Cletodes, the specific name alluding to the somewhat hirsute 

 appearance of the body, caused by the dense rows of spinules fringing the seg- 

 ments behind. 



Occurrence. Only 2 female specimens of this form have as yet come 

 under my notice. They were found in a sample taken at Farsund, south coast 

 of Norway, from a depth of about 20 fathoms, muddy sand. 



Distribution. Scottish coast (Scott). 



Gen. 61. EUPyCletOdeS, G. 0. Sars, n. 



Generic Characters. Body short and stout, scarcely attenuated behind, 

 with the segments well marked off from each other. Integuments remarkably soft 

 and flexible. Cephalic segment comparatively short and more or less produced 

 in front. Urosome scarcely narrower than the anterior division, and having the 

 last segment remarkably large and thick, with the anal opercle broad and semi- 

 lunar in form. Caudal rami rather distant and, as a rule, not much produced, 

 dorsal seta arising from a thick bulbous base. Eye wholly absent. Anterior an- 

 tennae moderately slender, and composed of 6 joints clothed with strong non-cili- 

 ated setae, 3 of the joints belonging to the terminal part; those in male less 

 strongly hinged than in the preceding genera. Posterior antenna comparatively 

 small and of feeble structure, outer ramus absent or only replaced by a small 

 bristle. Oral parts poorly developed. Mandibles with the masticatory part nar- 

 rowly exserted and only divided into a few small teeth, palp extremely small, bi- 

 setose. Maxillae and anterior maxillipeds more or less imperfectly developed. 

 Posterior maxillipeds of more normal appearance. 1st pair of legs smaller than 

 the succeeding ones, and of a structure similar to that in the genus Cletodes. 

 The 3 succeeding pairs, however, more fully developed, with the setae of the outer 

 ramus long and densely ciliated; inner ramus much shorter than the outer, and 

 biarticulate, or in some cases rudimentary in the 2 posterior pairs. None of these 

 legs transformed in male. Last pair of legs more or less foliaceous. Two closely 

 juxtaposed ovisacs present in female. 



