. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 82 BULLETIN 15 8, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM endopods 3-segmented; fifth legs lacking in the female, present and biramose in the male. One species found here. SCOLECITHRIX DANAE (Lubbock) FiGUEE 56 Undina danae Lubbock, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, new ser., vol. 4, p. 21, pi. 4, 1856. Scolecithrix danae Giesbeecht, Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, voL 19, p. 265, pis. 13, 37, 1892. Occurrence.—Four females in surface tow on Georges Bank, 1874; 6 males and females in surface tow. Station 2210, Albatross^ south- west of Gay Head; 7 femal
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 82 BULLETIN 15 8, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM endopods 3-segmented; fifth legs lacking in the female, present and biramose in the male. One species found here. SCOLECITHRIX DANAE (Lubbock) FiGUEE 56 Undina danae Lubbock, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, new ser., vol. 4, p. 21, pi. 4, 1856. Scolecithrix danae Giesbeecht, Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, voL 19, p. 265, pis. 13, 37, 1892. Occurrence.—Four females in surface tow on Georges Bank, 1874; 6 males and females in surface tow. Station 2210, Albatross^ south- west of Gay Head; 7 females from trawl wings, Station 2195, Albatross^ south of Nantucket. Distnhution.—North At- lantic (Lubbock, T. Scott, Cleve); New Holland and Japan (Brady); tropical Pa- cific (Giesbrecht); Canary Islands, Malta (Thompson); Indian Ocean (Thompson and Scott); Malay Archipelago (A. Scott); California coast (Esterly) ; Mediterranean (Giesbrecht); Gulf of Maine (Bigelow). Color.—Body transparent and colorless except the fol- lowing: Intestine, yellowish or reddish brown, with the same color appearing in scattered spots on the swimming legs and genital segment; flecks of red, irregularly arranged, appear on the dorsal surface of the thoracic segments; eye, bright ruby red. (Rathbun.) Ferniale.—Head without a crest; genital segment with a shovel- shaped protuberance on its ventral surface; abdominal segments wider than long; first antennae just reaching the genital segment; exopod of second antenna 5-segmented, twice as long as the endopod, the latter with eiglit setae. Total length, mm. Male.—A little smaller than the female; genital segment smooth ventrally; mouth parts not modified; right fifth leg uniramose, 5- segmented, the basipods distally and the exopod proximally swollen, end segment very short; basipods of left leg elongate cylindrical, reaching beyond the third segment of the right leg, exopod 3-seg-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned
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