. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 274 BULLETIN 15 8, tTNlTED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM and third legs greatly enlarged, the end segments turned diagonally inward, each with four huge divergent spines. Endopods of both these legs 2-segmented, end segment of second endojood with a long inner spine, enlarged and sharply curved at its tip. End segment of third endopod much dilated distally, with two apical and two inner setae, and a stout blunt spine outside of the apical setae with tubercles at its base. Fifth legs reduced to a narrow lamina, with a distinct outer process, but no
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 274 BULLETIN 15 8, tTNlTED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM and third legs greatly enlarged, the end segments turned diagonally inward, each with four huge divergent spines. Endopods of both these legs 2-segmented, end segment of second endojood with a long inner spine, enlarged and sharply curved at its tip. End segment of third endopod much dilated distally, with two apical and two inner setae, and a stout blunt spine outside of the apical setae with tubercles at its base. Fifth legs reduced to a narrow lamina, with a distinct outer process, but no division of basal expansion and distal segment, the lamina armed with three filiform setae; the genital segment car- ries the rudiments of a sixth pair of legs. Total length, mm. Remarhs.—Sars's statement that this is a littoral species found among algae and sometimes in tide pools is abundantly confirmed in the localities from Avhere the present specimens were obtained. The female can be distinguished by the details of the first and fifth legs, the male most quickly by the long spine on the second endopod. This is its first appearance in American waters. LAOPHONTE PROXIMA G. O. Bars Figure 170 Laophonte proanma Sars, Crustacea of Norway, vol. 5, p. 250, pi. 170, 1908. Occurrence.—Four females were washed from the sand along the shore of the French Water- ing Place on Naushon Island, August, 1927. DistHhution.—Norwegian coast (Sars). FiGDRB 17 0. —Laophonte Colov.—Body semitransparcut with a de- L"f r femal!"flfth^'eg ^i^^^^ browuish tinge; oviducts and eggs dark brown; eye dull red. FeTTiale.—Body conspicuously depressed, the segments separated by rather deep constrictions; cephalic segment shorter than the rest of the metasome; rostrum short and broad with prominent apical fila- ments; second and third segments very nearly as wide as the head, and longer than the narrowed fourth and fifth segments. Urosome little more than half the length of the
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