KONGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAU. BAND. 22. N:0 7, 



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HYPEROCHE PREHENSILIS, SPENCE BATE and WESTWOOD, 1868. 



Hyperoche prehensilis, Spence Bate and Westwoou. 

 Facsiniile from Sr. Batk and Westwoou. Brit. Sessile-eyed Crust. Vol. 2, p. 520. 



Diagn. Caput segmenta duo priora peraji longitudine tequans. Processu.s tibialis pedum permi primi 

 paris brevissinius; margo aoterior processus carpalis non serratus, margine posteriore meta- 

 carpi longior. Carpus pedum tertii ac quarti pariuni non dilatatus, margine posteriore 

 recto. Pedes parium trium ultimorum subcheliformes, pedibus parium duoruni prseceden- 

 tium breviores: femur angustum; metacarpus brevis, metacarpo pedum tertii ac quarti pa- 

 rium brevior. Latera segmentorum p}lei leviter rotundata. 



The head is as long as the first two personal segments. The tibial process of the first 

 pair of perceopoda is very sbort; the front margin of the carpal process is not serrated, 

 it is longer than the hind margin of the metacarpus. The carpus of the third and fourth 

 pairs is not dilated, the hind margin straight. The last three pairs are subcheliform, 

 shorter than the two next preceding pairs; the femur is narrow; the metacarpus is short, 

 shorter than the metacarpus of the third and fourth pairs. The lateral parts of the ijleonal 

 segments are feeblj^ rounded. 



Colour. ? 



Length. •* mm. 



Hab. »Taken at Banff, by Mr Edward». (Sp. Bate and Westwood.) 



Syn. 1868. Hyperia preheimlis, SPENCE BATE aud WESTWOOD. — »A History of the British 



Sessile-eyed Crustacea». 

 Vol. 2, p. 620, fig. 



