80 BRITISH COPEPODA. 
5. LaopHonte curticaupa, Boeck, Pl. LXXIII, figs. 
15—18, and Pl. LXXVI, 
fies. 1—9. 
Laophonte curticauda, Boeck. Oversigt Norges Copepoder, p. 55 
(1864). 
Body rather robust (fig. 1), dorsal angles not much 
produced, rostrum very short; caudal segments not 
much longer than broad, and about as long as the last 
abdominal ring. Anterior antennee (fig. 2) in the female 
7-jointed; first three joints much longer than the rest, 
the following three short and nearly equal, the last some- 
what longer ; in the male the fourth and fifth joints are 
swollen, the third very narrow, and the last two form 
a prehensile claw. ‘The posterior foot-jaw (Pl. LXXITI, 
fig. 16) has an elongated hand, the inner margin of 
which is convex, terminal claw long and curved. 
The first foot has a long 2-jointed peduncle (fig. 3) 
which is ciliated on the outer margin; the inner 
branch is stout, the outer slender, 3-jointed and more 
than half the length of the first jomt of the inner 
branch. ‘The outer branches of the second, third, and 
fourth pairs are stout and fringed with spine-like cilia, ~ 
the marginal spines long and rather slender; inner 
branches stout and 2-jointed (Pl. LXXIII, fig. 17, 
and Pl. LXXVI, figs. 4. and6). In the male the inner 
branch of the second pair (fig. 18) has three long 
terminal setze, and one much shorter seta, which ends 
in a strong hook; the third pair (Pl. LXXVI, fig. 5) 
has both branches very thick, the second joint of the 
