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in Trichoniscus. Oral parts likewise rather similar, except that the terminal part 

 of the maxillipeds is obscurely 5-articulate, and the epignath simple, lanceolate. 

 Legs short and thick, scarcely at all increasing in length posteriorly. First pair 

 of pleopoda in female very small and rudimentary ; those in male well developed, 

 with the inner ramus strongly produced, biarticulate, terminal joint spiniform; 

 inner ramus of 2nd pair in male likewise much produced, triarliculate, last joint 

 narrow styliform. Uropoda with the inner ramus originating inside a broad ex- 

 pansion of the basal part, and terminating, as in the genus Trichoniscoides. in a 

 single slender spine. 



Remarks. — This genus, established in the year 1860 by Schobl, approaches, 

 in the anatomical details, very near to Trichoniscus, or perhaps still nearer to Tri- 

 choniscoides, with which it agrees in the simple structure of the eyes It is, 

 however, distinguished from both these genera by the peculiar sculpturing of the 

 dorsal face, and by the lamellarly expanded lateral parts of the segments, causing 

 the metasome to be less abruptly contracted than in the above-named genera. In the 

 latter character it agrees with the genus Scyphacella of Smith, which may perhaps 

 turn out to be identical with it. We know of 2 distinct European species, both 

 of which belong to the fauna of Norway, and will be described below. 



l. Haplophthalmus Mengii, (Zaddach). 



(PI. LXXIV, fig. 1.) 



Itea Mengii, Zaddach, Synops. Crust. Pruss. p. 16. 



Syn: Haplophthalmus elegans, Schobl. 



Specific Characters. — Body oblong oval, somewhat attenuated behind, with 

 the dorsal face moderately convex. Cephalon rather large, with the front trian- 

 gularly produced and tipped with several small denticles, lateral lobes compara- 

 tively broad, rounded quadrangular, dorsal face divided in the middle by a 

 transversal groove, its posterior part rather convex, and provided with several 

 curved longitudinal ribs. Dorsal face of mesosome sculptured with 6 very distinct 

 equidistant longitudinal ribs finely crenulated on the edge, the outermost rib, how- 

 ever, on the 1st and last segments, being irregularly interrupted; lateral plates 

 subtruncate at the end, and having at their base a less conspicuous rib, 1st 

 and last pairs somewhat broader than the others. Metasome scarcely attaining 

 1 / i of the length of the body, 3rd segment with 2 very prominent juxtaposed 

 ribs dorsally; last segment narrowly truncate at the tip. Antennula? with the 

 basal joint rather broad and curved, terminal joint with only 4 sensory filaments. 

 Antenna? scarcely attaining 1 / i of the length of the body, flagellum shorter than 



