94 BRITISH COPEPODA. 



3. CLETODES PROPINQUA, Brady and Robertson. PL 



LXXVII, figs. 917. 



Cletodes propinqua, B. & R. Brit. Assoc. Report, p. 196 (1875). 



Animal, as seen laterally (fig. 10), arcuate, of nearly 

 equal thickness throughout ; seen from above (fig 9) 

 oblong, subtruncate behind ; abdomen nearly as stout 

 as cephalothorax ; rostrum minute; caudal segments 

 (figs. 16 and 17) short, subovate, distant, pointed at the 

 apex, not as long as the last abdominal segment. 

 Anterior antenna short (fig 11), not half the length of 

 the first body-segment; last four joints much shorter 

 than the rest. Mouth-organs as in the preceding 

 species. Inner branch of first pair of feet (fig. 14) 

 shorter than the outer, marginal spines of the outer 

 branch very long and slender. Basal joint of the 

 fifth pair (fig. 15) in the female produced at the inner 

 side, bearing at the apex a lancet-shaped spine, and on 

 the margin two long setae ; terminal joint elongated, 

 subovate, with one long apical and three short marginal 

 setae. The fifth pair in the male are very similar to 

 those of the female. Caudal segments (fig. 16) pro- 

 vided with two or three small marginal hairs and 

 one apical seta, which is about as long as the last 

 abdominal ring. Length ^th of an inch (*63 mm.). 



I have notes of the occurrence of C. propinqua in 

 the following localities : In twenty fathoms off St. 

 Mary's, and in fourteen fathoms, New Grimsby Har- 

 bour, Scilly ; Clew Bay, Ireland ; Tobermory (Rev. 



