33G Canon A. M. Norman on British Amphipoda.. 



second figure is more correct tliaii the first? 4tli. Points I 

 lay great stress upon are the difference in size of tiie guuthopods 

 ami the h\rge process (represented in the Brit. Mas. Cat,) 

 Avhich is at the base of the palm of tlie second gnathopods. 

 It is in form as a hood, from the inside of which rises a 

 conspicuous sharp s|)ine (see Caiman, gnJ and gn!' ). 



The Phoxus simplex of Boeck (nee Bate) is a synonym of 

 LejytopJioxufi faJcatus, G. O. Sars. 



Hah. Firth of Clyde ; lloundstonc Bay and Valentia, 

 Ireland; Brelade Bay, Guernsey (^4. M. N.) : Mas. Nor. 

 Guernsey, 7 fathoms [A. 0. IK); Cumbrae {!). R., fide 

 Caiman) . 



Distrib. West coast of France {Chevreux d; Bonnier). 



61. Phoxocephalus Fulton i, T. Scott. 



1890. Phoxocephalus Fultoni, T. Scott, " Additiuus to the Fauna of th*) 

 Firth of Forth," Eighth Ann. Rep. Fish. Board Scotland, p. 327, 

 pi. xii. figs. 10 12, pi. xiii. figs. 13-19. 



1892. Pho.voccjikalus Fultoni, D. Robertson, " Second Coutrib. Isop. 

 and Amphip. Firth of Clyde," Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Gla-sgow, 

 vol. iii. p. 13 (separate copv). 



1893. Phoxocephalus ch€latif<,'l)i\\\a. \a\le, (139) p. 142, pi. v. fig. 10, 

 pi. XXXV. figs. 29-35. 



1896. Pho.roccphatux Fultoni, Caiman, " On Species of Phoxocephalus 

 and Apherum,'^ Trans. Royal Irish Acad. vol. xxx. p. 743, pi. xxxi. 

 H^. 1, 2. 



Hah. Roundstone, Ireland, tow-net, 1874 ; Firth of Clyde, 

 tow-net, 1884; Mylor Creek, Falmouth, 1884; Plymouth, 

 tow-net, 1889 ; Guernsey (.4. M. N.) ; Isle of Cumbrae (Z). /?., 

 as " Plioxus Holhollii) : Mus. Nor. Off St. Monace, Firth of 

 Forth {T. S.) ; near Menai Bridge ; Port Erin (Isle of Man) ; 

 and Jersey {A. 0. W.). 



Distrib. Naples (A. M. N.) ; La Croisic, west coast of 

 France (Clievreux). 



I conclude that this is Phoxus UolboUn of Robertson's 

 " First Contribution," as he sent me at that time sj)ecimen8 

 taken in the tow-net under this name. I subsequently took 

 it myself in the Clyde by tow-net. 



Genus 2. Harpinia, Boeck. 

 [Harpinia plumosa (Kroyer). 



1842. Phoxus plumosa, Kroyer, Naturhist. Tidsskr. vol. iv. p. 152; 

 2 Rffikkes, vol. i. 1844, p. 563. 



1891. Harpinia plumosa, G. 0. Sai-s, (142) p. 151, pi, lii. 



Greenland, * Valorous,' 1875. An Arctic form, " Spets- 

 bergen, Novaya Zemlia; the Kara Sea and the Siberian Polar 

 Sea"(<7. OS.).] 



