439 Canon A. M. Norman on British Isopoda. 



I have this species in my collection from the Minch, Skye 

 Firth of Clyde, Plymouth, Polperro, Jersey {A. M. N.). I 

 extends southwards to the Mediterranean, being recorded by 

 Hansen from Naples. I am not aware of any record of this 

 species having been found on the north-east coast of England 

 or east coast of Scotland, nor is it known in Denmark or 

 Norway. This seems remarkable, as the Isopod feeds on the 

 flesh of living as well as dead fish, and thus would have such 

 a ready means of being transported to great distances. 



Genus 3. Eurydice, Leach. 



1. Eurydice pulchra, Leech. 



1867. Eurydice pulehra, Bate & Westwood, I. c. vol. ii. p. 310. 

 1890. Eurydice pidchra, H. J. Hansen, /. c. p. 370, pi. vi. figs. 3-3 i. 

 1897. Eurydice pulehra, G. O. Sars, I. c. p. 73, pi. xxx. fig. 2. 



It is also Slahherina agata^ Van Ben., Slahberina agilis^ 

 G. 0. Sars, and Slahherina gracilis, Bovallius. 



A very active swimmer, usually occurring near the shore 

 in sandy bays, but also in the open sea. 



Specimens in my collection are from off the mouth of the 

 Tees {G. S. Brady), Banff {T. Edward), Arran, Firth of 

 Clyde (Z>. Robertson), Westport, Co. Mayo [A. M. N.). I 

 have also taken it at Shetland and off the coasts of Northum- 

 berland and Durham. 



2. Eurydice truncata (Norman). 



1868. Cirolana tnmcata, Norman, " Two Isopods, belonging to Genera 

 Cirolana and Anilocra, new to British Islands," Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. ser. 4, vol. ii. p. 421, pi. xxiii. figs. 12-15. 



1895. Eurydice truncata. H. J. Hansen, Isopoden, Cumaceen, und 

 Stomatopoden der Plankton-Exped. p. 13, pi. i. figs. 5-5 A. 



The type specimen was taken by me in 1867 in St. Magnus 

 Bay, Shetland. Other specimens in my collection are from 

 the ' Knight Errant ' dredgings of 1880, Stat. 3, lat. 59° 28'N., 

 long. 6° 33' W,, in 178 fathoms ; from the slope of the 

 English Channel in 725 fathoms {' Porcupine,' 1869, Stat. 36) 

 off South Devon, and near the mouth of the English Cliannel 

 {Dr. Oough) ; Naples {A. M. N.). The specimen which 

 Dr. Hansen described was also taken at Naples. 



3. Eurydice Grimaldii, Dollfus. 



1888. Eurydice Grimaldii, Dollfus, ''Troisieme campagne de 'I'Hiron- 

 delle,' 1887, Isopodes du littoral des Azores," Bull, Soc. Zool. de 

 France, p. 6, with woodcut. 



1890. Eurydice elegantula, H. J. Hansen, I. c. p. 364, pi. v. figs. 2-2 t. 



