A history of the British sessile-eyed Crustacea . ntennas in our British specimens are slightlylonger than represented in Kroyers figure of the type. LESTRIGONUS EXULANS. 7 We also observe that the peduncle of the second pair ofantennae is not so decidedly truncate as in ours ; but, inspite of these differences, which are probably due to thedelineator, we believe that our British form is identicalwith that of Kroyers arctic specimen. The original specimen was taken by Kroyer in Green-land. British specimens have been sent to us fromCarrickfergus, where they were found by ProfessorKinahan, to w
A history of the British sessile-eyed Crustacea . ntennas in our British specimens are slightlylonger than represented in Kroyers figure of the type. LESTRIGONUS EXULANS. 7 We also observe that the peduncle of the second pair ofantennae is not so decidedly truncate as in ours ; but, inspite of these differences, which are probably due to thedelineator, we believe that our British form is identicalwith that of Kroyers arctic specimen. The original specimen was taken by Kroyer in Green-land. British specimens have been sent to us fromCarrickfergus, where they were found by ProfessorKinahan, to whom we are indebted for the first Britishspecimen ; from Cumbrae, where they were obtained byMr. Robertson ; and they have been recently sent to usfrom Banff, where they were taken by Mr. Edward. The resemblance between this species and L, Gaudi-chaudii from Chili is very close, but the two species canbe readily distinguished by the character of the armatureon the hands of the first two pairs of legs. HYPERIID^. AMPIIIPOBA. nriEuiNj. HYPERIID^ LESTRIGONUS KINAHANI. Specific character. Antennae subequal; tlie superior being rather the longer,equally the entire length of the \ inch. Lestrigonus Kinahani. Spence Bate, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 289,pi. xlviii. fig. 4. The resemblance between this species and Lestrigonusexulans is remarkably close; so much so, that should theanimals of either species lose their antennae, we believethat the most acute observation would not be able todetect any distinguishing feature. The antennae are rather longer than the animal, beingnearly of equal length ; the upper are, however, some-what the longer. The peduncle of the superior pair is aslong as the head, the first joint being longer than the twoothers. The first articulus of the flagellum is longerthan the peduncle, tapering gradually to the extremity,and having the inferior margin fringed with hairs. Theflagellum is very long and very slender, the articulibeing about four or f
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