NEW ZEALAND COPEPODA. 35 
fore-wings, white. Thorax snow-white, with a small black 
shoulder spot. Abdomen dark fuscous, beneath with white 
rings and white towards apex. Legs white, tarsi with three 
black rings, anterior tibize black, middle tibiz hardly thickened, 
apical half black. Fore-wings white, with coarsely scaled 
fuscous-black markings; a cloudy, central, longitudinal streak 
from near base to disc above anal angle, connecting obscurely 
with seven oblique costal and five oblique dorsal streaks ; costa 
blackish at base; first and second costal streaks thick, hardly 
oblique, meeting first and second dorsal streaks ; third slender, 
very short, not reaching central streak; fourth strong, from 
middle of costa; fifth slender, short ; sixth thick, black, very 
oblique, uniting with the small fifth dorsal on anal angle; fourth 
dorsal, thick before middle; seventh costal slender, produced nearly 
to hind-margin ; apical spot black, large, round, cloudy; cilia 
white round apex, dark fuscous at anal angle, with two black 
lines and a short black apical hook, thence fuscous-grey. Hind- 
wings fuscous-grey, cilia paler. Male, length 3% lines. 
One specimen from forest growth at Wellington, in January. 
(To be continued.) 
NEW ZEALAND COPEPODA OF THE “ CHAL- 
LENGER” EXPEDITION. 
Extracted from G. S. Brady’s Monograph of this group. 
a 
FAMILY I.—CYPRIDA. 
Genus Paracypris (G. O. Sars). 
Shell smooth, compact, elongated. Anterior antennz 7- 
jointed, beset with rather short sete; posterior stout, terminat- 
ing in 4 strong curved claws; ante-penultimate joint bearing at 
its base a pedicellated hyaline vesicle. Mandibles terminating 
in 5 or 6 long teeth, and bearing a 4-jointed palp, from the basal 
joint of which springs a narrow branchial appendage. External 
lobe or palp of the first pair of maxillz linear, not much broader 
than the rest. Second pair of maxilla provided with a branchial 
appendage, the palp elongated, conical, and inarticulate. Last 
pair of feet similar to the first in form and size; both pairs 5- 
jointed, and terminating in a long curved claw, the last pair 
armed also with a short seta, which is directed upwards. Post- 
abdominal rami large, armed at the extremity with 2 strong 
curved claws, and a short slender seta ; the posterior margin also 
bears 2 long sete ; one eye. 
