364 



Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [Sept., 1914 



I figure the distal joints 



gnathopod of the male and female. 



of the first gnathopod of an adult female ^bearing eggs, and an 

 adult male, to show the amount of difference between the 

 sexes. The males are, on the average, larger than the females. 



in this 



resembling. 



respect, A. aquaticus. A large male 



Fig. 1. 



„ 2. 



Lsellus coxalis, Dollfuss. distal joints of first gnatnopod of 



female. 



« t* Dollfuss , ( distal joints of first gnathopod of 



male. 



* i 



9 t 



Dollfuss , second pleopod of the male. 



measures 5 mm., an egg- bearing female, 4 mm. I also figure 

 the sexual appendage of the second pleopod of the male, for 

 comparison with that of other species. There is only one 

 coupling seta on the inner margin of the basal joint of the 

 first pleopod of the male. 



Tribe ONISCOIDA. 



Family Oniscidae. 

 Metope northus swammerdami, Aud. et Sav. 



Locality : In a house at Tiberias-one specimen. 



k -n ill species has been recorded previously from Syria 

 by Dollfuss and is a fairly common species in the Eastern 

 Mediterranean region. The single specimen here recorded is 

 the only true land species obtained by Dr. Annandale in Pales- 

 tine. All the other woodlice collected are semi-aquatic forms. 



Philoseia ccuchii, Kinahan. 



the 



7 -.* --WW--- 



Locality : Common under stones at the ed^e and just above 

 tnarsnn of tho T. 'r;k™:„„ 



margin of the L. Tiberias. 



specimens 



considerable 



