AMPHIPODA OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. 



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Paroediceros lynceus (M. Bars). 



Q2dicero8 lynceus M Sars, Overeigt Norgk-Arctiske RegiOD Krebsdyr., p. 25. 



Konoculodes nvbilatm Packard, Mem. Bos. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. I. pt. 2, 1867, p. 298, pi. vm, tig. 4. 



Eyes oblong, contiguous, situated near end of blunt rostrum; first antennae about half as long as 

 second, which are not a third the length of body and have peduncle and fiagellum of subequal length; 

 first four coxal plates large, the first produced forward in the middle; second and third subrectangular, 

 much deeper than wide; fourth about as broad as deep; 

 fifth rather large, with anterior and posterior divisions 

 equal; body smooth, without spines; first four abdomi- 

 nal segments with more or less of a median dorsal carina; 

 lateral wings of first three abdominal segments with 

 lower margins broadly rounded, setose, anil devoid of 

 any angular projections or teeth; first two gnathopods 

 of subequal size; first pair with carpus very small, pointed 

 behind, but not produced into a prominent lobe; hand 

 gradually narrowing toward base, palms long, oblique, 

 convex, with a spine at its distal end, fingers very nar- 

 row, fully half as long as hand; carpus of second gnath- 

 opods produced into a long, narrow, setose lobe which 



lies close to posterior margin of hand and extends as far as distal end of palm; hand oval, palm evenly 

 curved, with a spine at its upper end; rami of first uropods shorter than peduncle; those of second 

 about equal to peduncle, while those of terminal pair much exceed peduncle; margins of rami armed 

 with a very few distant spines; telson oblong, rounded at tips. 



Length, 18 mm. 



Arctic and North Atlantic oceans; Norway; Greenland (Hansen); Labrador (Packard, Smith); 

 south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 85 fathoms (Stebbing) ; Grand Manan; Eastport, -Me. ; off ( 'ape Ann. 

 25 fathoms. 



Monoculodes edwardsi Holmes, new species. 



Rostrum triangular, rounded above, and curved downward, reaching about to tip of first joint of 

 antennular peduncle; antero-lateral lobes of head broadly rounded; eyes at base of and but little upon 

 rostral projection; first antennae but slightly exceeding peduncle of second; first joint of peduncle 

 about as long as next two; fiagellum considerably longer than peduncle and composed of about 14 

 joints; second antennae over half length of body; last joint of peduncle as long as the two preceding 

 ones; fiagellum about twice length of peduncle and composed of numerous (over60) short articulations; 



Parasdiceros lynceus, female After Sara 



ilonooulodes edti'ii'dsi. \t-ar Weeds Hole 



Mass. //. head; the ryes were so indistinct in the specimen drawn Unit in 

 attempt was made to figure them. 



mandibles with second joint of palp bent inward, third joint about equal to second in length and 

 setose at tip and on inner margin nearly to base; inner lobes of lower tip well developed; inner 

 plate of first maxilla? suboval, with two seta' at tip; outer plate with eight spines, some of which are 

 furcate; first joint of palp longer than broad; second joint spatulate, setose distally and on distal third 

 of inner margin and having two seta; on distal third of outer margin; maxillipeds with inner plates 

 small, oblong, not reaching the distal end of first joint of palp, distal end rounded and furnished with 



