Marine isopods collected in the Philippines by the fisheries steamer Albatross in 1907-08 . ICHTHYOXENUS JAPONENSIS, new species. Body of female oblong-ovate, almost twice as long as wide, 13mm. long, 7 mm. wide. Surface smooth. Color pale yellow, withscattered black dots. Head small, triangular, 2 mm. long, 2\ mm. wide; front large, oblong, about 1 mm. in length and separated by a dis-tance equal to 1 mm. or the length of one eye. First antennae short,composed of six articles and extending to themiddle of the eye or to the end of the fifth ar-ticle of the second antennae. Sec
Marine isopods collected in the Philippines by the fisheries steamer Albatross in 1907-08 . ICHTHYOXENUS JAPONENSIS, new species. Body of female oblong-ovate, almost twice as long as wide, 13mm. long, 7 mm. wide. Surface smooth. Color pale yellow, withscattered black dots. Head small, triangular, 2 mm. long, 2\ mm. wide; front large, oblong, about 1 mm. in length and separated by a dis-tance equal to 1 mm. or the length of one eye. First antennae short,composed of six articles and extending to themiddle of the eye or to the end of the fifth ar-ticle of the second antennae. Second antennaecomposed of seven articles and extendingalmost to the post-lateral angle of the head. The first segment of the thorax is abouttwice as long in the median line as any ofthe three following, being \\ mm. in second, third, and fourth segments aresubequal. The last three segments graduallydecrease in length, the three together meas-uring \\ The anterior margin of thefirst segment is sinuate in the middle, thelateral parts projecting laterally beyond thehead and being
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