CHRISTIANIA VIDF.NSK.-SLLSK. FORHANDL. 188.'i. No. 7. 



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Lophogastridæ. 

 Gren. 1. Lo ph og aste r. M. Sars 1856. 



(Forhdl. red de skandin. Naturf. Møde i Christiania.) 



1. Lophotjastcr typicus, M. Sars. 



M. Sara: .Beskrivelse over Lophogaster typicus, en mærkværdig Form af de lavere 

 tiføddcde Krebsdyr." (Univ.-Program f. 1862). 



Hah. South of the Cape of Good Hope (Stat. 141 & 142), 98 

 to 150 fnis. 3 specimens (one imperfect). 



Rcmarhs. After a carefull comparison of the "Challenger" 

 specimeus, with the form occurring on the Norwegian coast, I do 

 not finrt any essential difference, requiring the establishment of a 

 new species, and of course, I am induced to believe that the speci- 

 mens ought to be referred to the typieal species, in spite of the very 

 remote locality, where they have been collected. 



Gen. 2. Ce rato I epi s. 1 n. 



Gener ic char. Integument very firm. Carapax large, covering 

 the whole anterior division of the body, posteriorly truncated, not 

 emarginated, anteriorly forming a broad frontal plate, covering the 

 eyes, and antennnlar peduncles, and terminating in a mucroniform 



1 Derived from; xspa? : a horn and XsTClJ : a scale. 



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