LAOPHONTE. 85 
Swilly (Donegal),and from dredgings made in Ventry 
Bay by Mr. E. C. Davison; also from weed-washings 
at Tobermory (ev. A. M. Norman). 
8. LaopHonte wispipA, Brady and Leobertson. PA. 
LXXXI, figs. 1—11. 
Asellopsis hispida, B. & R. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. xu, 
p. 137, pl. ix, figs. 6—10 (1878). 
Body elongated, much depressed (fig. 1), lower 
thoracic segments distinctly narrowed, the margins of 
the first three abdominal segments produced down- 
wards at the sides in an imbricated manner. Anterior 
antenne (fig. 2) short, densely setose, 7-jointed, first 
two joints not much longer than broad, third about 
the same length but much narrower, fourth very short 
and broad, fifth about twice as long as the fourth, 
sixth and seventh equal and very small, the propor- 
tionate leneths of the joints, beginning at the base, 
being as follows—9, 9, 9, 3, 5, 2,2; posterior antennz 
nearly as large as the anterior, biarticulate, bearing a 
very small l-joimted secondary branch. Mouth-appa- 
ratus as in the typical Laophonte; second pair of maxilli- 
peds (fig. 6) 3-jointed, with an oval hand and long slender 
claw. First pair of feet (fig. 7) having the inner 
branch very long and biarticulate, the first joint much 
elongated, terminal claw thick and strong; outer 
branch also biarticulate, the entire length being less 
than half that of the first joint of the inner branch; 
