ARCHIV FOR MÄTBEMATIK OG NATÜRY1DEN8KÄB. B. XXI. Nr. 2. 



On the Genus Broteas of Loven, with 



Description of the Type Species: 



Br o teas faleifer, Lov. 



By G. O. Saes 

 With 1 autographic Plate 



Introduction. 



In the year 1845, the late Professor S v. Loven com- 

 municated to the Swedish Academy of sciences 'an interesting 

 paper treating of- 4 new fresh-water Crustacea from South 

 Africa, 3 of which belong to the Phi/UojJodci, whereas the 

 4th is a Copepod. The latter he regarded as the type of 

 a new genus of «Ci/clopidœ», for which the name Broteas 

 was proposed. The species was named Broteas faleifer, on 

 account of the strongly clawed posterior oral appendages, 

 and a rather full description in Latin was given of it, 

 accompanied by some for that day admirably drawn figures, 

 both habitus and detail. It is easily seen from these figures, 

 that the Copepod in reality belongs to the Calanoid group, 

 and that, on the whole, it approaches rather closely to the 

 well-known fresh-water genus JDiaptomus; but as at that 

 time our knowledge of free living Copepoda was still very 

 imperfect, a closer comparison with other allied forms could 

 not of course be instituted. The description given by Loven, 



