AMPHIPODA. 7 



IS a female V. propinqm, of 12mm., with seven or eight young, 3-5mm., which agree 

 with V. antarctica, Stebbing, thus confirming Vosseler's opinion {op. cit, pp. 118 and 

 120, note). These were taken in the steamship 'Morning,' lat. &1° 5' S. long 

 179° 30' E. 



FAM. CYLLOPIDiE, Bovallius. 



Cyllopus magbllanicus. 

 Cyllopus magellankus, Dana. 



From lat. 51° 58' S., long. 170° 03' E. (26 Dec, 1901) to "past Cape Adare " 

 (11 Jan., 1902) ; several specimens ; length 12-14mm. 



FAM. HYPERIID^, Dana. 



Hyperia gaudichaudi. 

 Hyperia gaudichaudi, M. Edw. 



W.Q.,* 25 Dec, 1902, 6 fm., one young ; W.Q., 6 and 7 May, 1903, one female, 

 25mm., one male almost as large, and an immature male, 16mm. ; W.Q., 16 June, 1903, 

 15 fm., one female, 10mm. ; W.Q., 5 May, 1904, 10 fm., one immature female and two 

 young. 



Hyperia. macron Yx.f 

 (Plate 1, fig. 1.) 

 Hyperia macronyx, A. 0. "Walker, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. XVII. (1906), p. 452. 



S.E. of Coulman I., 22 Feb., 1904, six specimens, immature, length of largest 

 10mm. W.Q., 16 April, 1903, 5 fm., one specimen. W.Q., 18 May, 1903, lOfm. ; 

 "W.Q., 1 Aug., 1903, 10 fm., eight specimens. 



Head shorter than the first two segments. Eyes occupying- the entire head 

 Segments all free ; the three pleon -segments with a tooth on the hind epimeral angle. 

 Carpal process of the first gnathopods 7'eaching the middle of the hind margin of the 

 hand, which is ovate, less than twice as long as wide, the hind margin convex and 

 finely serrate. Carpal process of the second, pair 7'eaching considerably beyond the middle 

 of the hand ; the limb otherwise as in the first ; branchiae of first pair oblong, wider 

 below ; of second pair, pyriform. 



First and second perseopods longer than the gnathopods : first joint a little wider 

 than the fourth, which is twice as wide and about two-thirds as long as the fifth, with 

 Jive long equidistant species on the hind margin ; the fourth and fifth joints have their 

 hind margins finely serrate. Dactyli slightly curved, slender, about half as long as the 

 fifth joint. 



Third perseopods : First joint subequal to the fifth, about twice as long as wide, 



* W.Q. = Winter Quarters. 



t From the long dactyli of the perseopods. 



