CYCLOPOIDEA. -^51 



2. Conspicilla non conjuncta. 



Sapphipjna ovato-lanceolata. 



Digitus antennarum posticarum dimidio articuli 2di paulo longior, arti- 

 cidisduobus digiti valde inasquis. Lamella caudate latitudine duplo 

 longiores, non divaricate, setis quinque, totis brevibus, und brevissimd 

 ad apicem internum insita, Maris:— Corpus ovato-la/nceolatum, 10- 

 articulatum, segmento antico vix oblongo, tribus penultimis lunatis et 

 ad latera subacutis aut obtusis. Conspicilla subremota, inferiora et 

 f route remota. Feminoe -.— Corpus ovaManceolatum, abdomine (arti- 

 cido primo brevissimo excluso) vix angustiore. Ceplialothorax i-arti- 

 culatus, segmento antico fere duplice, aliis inter sese similibus, latere 

 obtusis, Conspicilla remotiuscula, fronte insita. Abdominis segmenta 

 secundum tertium quartumque lath sublunata et latere subacuta. 



Finger of posterior antenna much shorter (nearly half) than second 

 joint, the two joints of the ringer nearly equal. Caudal lamellse 

 twice as long as broad, not divaricate, furnished with five setse, all 

 short, one at inner apex very short. Male: — Body ovato-lanceo- 

 late, ten-jointed, first segment hardly oblong, three before the last 

 lunate, and sides subacute or obtuse. Conspicilla subremote, 

 situated on the inferior surface remote from the front margin. 

 Female: — Body ovato-lanceolate, a little convex. Cephalothorax 

 four-jointed, twice as long as broad, obtuse behind, rounded in front, 

 first segment nearly divided by an articulation, hardly oblong, 

 others similar to one another. Conspicilla a little separate, of 

 moderate size, situated on the front. Abdomen five-jointed, first 

 segment very short and narrow, second broadest and large, second, 

 third, and fourth lunate, fourth much shorter than the fifth. 



Plate 87, fig. 15 a, female, enlarged; b, posterior antenna; c, ante- 

 rior foot or maxilliped. Fig. 16 a, male of same, enlarged ; b, under 

 view of head. 



Atlantic, off the harbour of Rio Janeiro, abundant, November, 

 1838; also, November 19, 1838, in latitude 23° south, longitude 41° 

 west. 



