PODOCERUS. 
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Weymouth (Professor Williamson). 
Siphoncecetus crassicornis. — Basal joint of upper an- 
tenna having the anterior superior margin developed into a 
horn reaching to the end of the second joint. 
Sent to Mr. Bate from the coast of Northumberland, 
where it was found by Mr. Alder. 
Gen. 94. PODOCERUS, Leach . 
Eirst and second pairs of legs subcheliform ; the lower 
antennse without flagellum, and like a leg ; the eyes placed 
on a projecting lobe of the head ; second pair of legs much 
larger than the first pair, and their hand better adapted for 
holding. 
A genus of small species which live among seaweeds, 
and seem to feed principally on zoophytes. 
Podocerus yariegatus, Leach.— Whitish, varied with 
reddish ; first pair of legs small ; the hand slender and elon- 
|| gated. Hands of second pair somewhat oval. A tooth on 
the middle of the hind margin of last thoracic and first ab- 
dominal ring. 
Eound on various parts of our coast, as on the Bell Rock 
(Mr. Stevenson) ; Plymouth (Mr. Spence Bate) . 
