198 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
Laophonte serrata, Claus. (Pl. XX, fig. 6.) 
Length 1.0mm. Taken in townet by electric light at 
Port Erin, also between the Isle of Man and Liverpool 
and off Puffin Island, but rare. 
Laophonte spinosa, n. sp. (Pl. XXXITI, figs. 1—13.) 
Lenethlmm. Body elongated, the first seement being 
about equal in length to the five following segments. 
Rostrum short and blunt. Anterior antennee (figs. 2, 3) 
four jointed, and with marked differences bearing a general 
similarity in both sexes to those of Laophonte serrata and 
even more serrated than in the latter species. ‘The second 
joint has a large, strong spine in both sexes. The third 
joint in the female is longer than the others and is less 
setose than that of L. serrata. Fourth joint of male very 
similar to that of L. serrata, the others being dissimilar. 
Posterior antenne (fig. 4) very similar to L. serrata. 
Mandible (fig. 5) bluntly spinous with small setiferous 
palp. Posterior foot jaw (fig. 7) is slender with very long 
slender claw. 
The peduncle of first pair of feet (fig. 8) is composed of — 
two long slender joints, the outer branch two jointed and 
very slender springing from the middle of second peduncle 
joint and about half the length of the first jomt of mner 
branch which is armed with a strong falciform terminal 
claw. The two jointed outer branch of second, third and 
fourth feet (figs. 9, 10) in the female is nearly as long as 
the three jointed inner branch. 
The fifth pair of feet in the female (fig. 12) have large 
triangular basal joints with three curved lines of fine 
markings on the surface; they have five plumose sete, 
The second joint is ovate and is attached laterally to first 
joint and also has five plumose spinous sete. The fifth 
feet of the male (fig. 11) are very small and two jointed. 
The caudal segments (fig. 13) are about four times as long 
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