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elongate, three-jointed, and articulated to end of the elongate, narrow, 

 second basal joint ; the outer and inner branches being thus widely apart 

 (fig. 7). Fifth pair one-branched, narrow, elongate, and furnished with 

 one seta near the middle of the inner margin, three on the outer margin, 

 and three at the apex (fig. 8). Caudal stylets long and narrow, being 

 equal to one and a half times the length of the last abdominal segment, 

 and each furnished with a stout apical seta and a few minute hairs. 



Habitat. — Vicinity of Inchkeith. Rare. 



Remarks. — This curious species was dredged at the north end of the 

 Island of Inchkeith. Very few specimens were obtained. 



Genus Normanella, Brady (1880). 



Normanella dubia (Brady and Robertson). 



1875. Laophonte dubia, Brady and Robertson (10), p. 196. 

 1880. Normanella dubia, Brady (8), vol. ii. p. 87, pi. lxxviii. figs. 

 12-22. 



1893. Normanella dubia, I. C. Thompson (33), p. 26, pi. xxi. fig. 6. 



Habitat. — Off Musselburgh. Not very scarce, but easily overlooked. 

 Normanella dubia seems to be widely distributed in the British seas. 



Genus Cletodes, Brady (1872). 



Cletodes irrasa, T. and A. Scott. 



1894. Cletodes irrasa, T. and A. Scott (31), p. 141, pi. viii. 

 figs. 8-12. 



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Description. — Female. Length, - 8 mm. (^th of an inch). Body elon- 

 gate, cylindrical. All the segments, except the first, furnished with a fringe 

 of small hairs around, but a little in front of, the posterior margin. Anterior 

 antennae stout, shorter than the first body segment, and composed of six 

 joints ; the second and last joints are longer than any of the others, the 

 fifth is very small. The proportional lengths of all the joints are shown 

 by the formula : — 



20 • 26 • 20 • 10 • 3 . 24 • 

 1-2-3-4-5-6' 



Posterior antennae three-jointed. A small secondary branch bearing 

 a single apical seta springs from the end of the first joint. Inner 

 branches of the first pair of thoracic feet, which are composed of two 

 sub-equal joints, reach to about the middle of the second joint of the 

 outer branches, and bear two short apical setae. Inner branches of 

 the fourth pair, which are also two-jointed, shorter than the first joint 

 of the elongate outer branches. The inner portion of the basal 

 joint of the fifth pair is in the form of a shallow lobe, carrying two long 

 and one short seta. Secondary joint narrow and elongate, and furnished 

 with one marginal and four terminal seta?. Caudal stylets slender, 

 equal in length to the last abdominal segment, each with two small setae 

 on the inner and one on the outer margin, and a few apical setae. 

 Habitat. — Vicinity of the Bass Rock. Rather rare. 



Cletodes curvirostris* sp. n. (PI. VIII. figs. 18-26.) 



Description. — Female. Length, *9 mm. {-^th. of an inch). Body subcy 

 lindrical, usually arcuate when seen from the side. Rostrum short, stout, 

 recurved. Anterior antennae robust, short, and composed of six joints. The 

 third is considerably larger and the fifth smaller than any of the other 



* Referring to the recurved rostrum. 



