514 A CORisrtSH FATJNA. 



Etjbtdice pttlchra. — Leach, Lin, Trans., xi, p. 370. — Bate and 

 Westwood, p. 310. 



Taken in pools on tlie coast. 



Mr. Walker, of Brookfield, near Cliester, says that "It is a 

 most savage little beast. If you are a moment still in the water 

 while bathing, dozens will fasten upon you and nip most unpleas- 

 antly. I have had to jump into the water again after coming 

 out from bathing and splash violently to get rid of the hosts that 

 had stuck to me while clinging to the side of the boat preparatory 

 to getting in. They continue to bite after you are out of the 

 water. I once put a wretched Hyperia, which I had taken from 

 a Ehyzostoma, into a small bottle with two Eurydices, the blood- 

 thirsty little brutes attacked him like tigers, and soon sucked his 

 shell clean." 



LIBEEATICA. 

 APELLW^. 



Genus, J^ra. — Leach. 



First antennee short, second more than half the length of the' 

 animal. Legs uniform, slender. Posterior portion of the body 

 (pleon) united into one segment, short and round. 



J^EA ALBiFRONS. — Montagu; Bate and Westwood, p. 317. 



It has been found especially abundant in crevices of rocks at 

 half-tide near Falmouth, and in Plymouth harbour. 

 J^EA ^oBUMk-^m.—Rathhe, Fauna der Kryn., pi. 6,f. 1, 5. — Bate 

 and Westwood, p. 322. 



Eathke obtainedhis specimen at Cape Parthenon,inthe Crimea, 

 under stones. Our specimens were found at Plymouth and South 

 Wales. 



Genus, Janiea. — Leach. 



Like Jcera, but having the second antennae and the posterior 

 tail appendages very long. 



Janiea maculosa.— Ze^cA, Min. Ency., vii, p. A^A.—Bate and 

 Westwood, p. 338. 



Not unfrequent on tho coast. They have been taken at Pal- 

 mouth, Polperro, and Plymouth. 



