NEW ZEALAND COPEPODA. a7 
Also found at Port Jackson, Australia, in a depth of 2-10 
fathoms ; and in‘Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, in 37 fathoms. 
Genus Aglaia (G. S. Brady). 
Shell smooth and polished, of about equal height before and 
behind, compressed, subcylindrical. Anterior antenne 7-jointed, 
beset with short, stout sete ; posterior robust, and bearing at 
the apex of each joint several strong curved sete ; furnished 
also with a very small hyaline vesicle, and on the penultimate 
joint with a lash of very short sete. Mandibles slender, divided 
at the extremity into about 5 blunt teeth, and furnished with a 
large, narrow, branchial palp. First pair of jaws divided into 
4 elongated segments, and bearing a distinct branchial appen- 
dage; second pair flexuous, 4-jointed, last joint armed with 3 
‘setae, one of which is very long, and finely pectinate on its inner 
margin. Postabdominal rami moderately robust, bearing 2 
curved terminal claws, one seta on the anterior, and 2 on the 
posterior margin. Testis disposed round the body of the 
animal; mucous gland of the male elongated, and composed of 
7 series of whorled filaments. 
1. Aglaia clavata, G. S. Brady.—Shell elongated, reniform ; 
seen from the side rather lower in front than behind, height 
greatest in the middle, and equal to less than half the length, 
extremities well rounded, dorsal margin gently arched, ventral 
slightly sinuated in the middle ; seen from above, the outline is 
subclavate, widest behind the middle, tapering very gradually 
towards the front, and scarcely at all behind; anterior extremity 
very obtusely pointed, posterior broadly rounded ; width and 
height nearly equal; end view circular; shell-surface perfectly 
smooth. Length, 1-45th inch. 
Genus Macrocypris (G. S. Brady). 
Carapace elongated, attenuated at the extremities ; valves 
unequal, the right larger than the left, and overlapping dorsally ; 
hinge-line flexuous. Surface of the shell smooth, polished, and 
destitute of hairs. Antennze short and robust; anterior 
7-jointed, tapering to the apex, bearing numerous short sete; 
posterior 5-jointed, last 2 joints very short; terminal claws 
elongated ; second joint bearing a bundle of short 2-articulate 
sete. Mandibles large, dilated, and armed with 6 or 7 strong 
teeth ; palp elongated, 4-jointed, and provided with a branchial 
appendage. The first pair of jaws have an unusually small, 
subovate branchial plate, and the external segment is narrow, 
and not larger than the rest ; second pair destitute of a branchial 
appendage ; palp in the female large and subpediform, 4-jointed, 
the last joint armed with 3 claws; in the male, very robust and 
subcheliform. First pair ot feet much elongated, 5-jointed, last 
joint armed with 1 or 2 long curved claws; second pair very 
different, covered entirely by the shell, 5-jointed, terminal claw 
very long and recurved. Postabdominal rami rudimentary, 
forming 2 small simple appendages attached to the posterior 
