34: BRITISH COPEPODA. 
Male.—Anterior antenna (fig. 3) constricted between 
the third and fourth joints; fourth joint armed with 
a very robust rod-like appendage (fig 3 a); first joint 
of the inner branch of the first foot much thickened 
(fig. 9), bearing a fringe of long spine-like setz on the 
inner margin and one much longer apical seta ; the basal 
portion of the foot has a large darkly-coloured chitinous 
tubercle on its inner margin, just above the origin of 
the inner branch (fig. 9a). The second and third 
joints of the inner branch of the second foot (fig. 11) 
are converted into a long, chitinous, bayonet-like 
spine, which is tuberculated near the base. Fifth 
pair of feet (fig. 13) smaller and more angular than in 
the female, the basal segment having only two principal 
setee; those on the outer margin of the second joint 
short and stout. The tail setz in the male are not so 
stout as those of the female. Length sth of an inch 
(1 mm.). 
This fine species was first noticed by my friend the 
Rev. Alfred Merle Norman amongst HEntomostraca 
washed off the fronds of Laminarie at Tobermory ; in 
this gathering it occurred abundantly. I have since 
dredged it in several places, but nowhere in great 
numbers :—Clew Bay (Ireland) ten fathoms; off 
Hartlepool five fathoms; and off Marsden (Durham) 
thirty fathoms; Portincross (Ayrshire) fifteen fathoms; 
Ventry Bay, Ireland (Mr. H. C. Davison). 
The specific name hispida is the MS. name given 
by Mr. Norman to his specimens, and on that account 
is adopted here. 
