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flesh-coloured, mottled with darker brown. Length of adult animal reaching
to 26 mm.
Remarks. This species was first described by Prof. Lilljeborg tinder the
above name from specimens taken off the west coast of Norway. The form sub-
sequently recorded by Sp. Bate & Westwood from the British Isles as C. spinipes
is undoubtedly the same species. It is nearly allied to the Mediterranean form,
C. neglecta Hansen, though differing in its more elongated body, the smooth coxal
plates, and the form and armature of the terminal segment
of the metasome,
Occurrence. The species occurs along the whole south and west coasts
of Norway, at least to the Trondhjem Fjord, and is not infrequently taken up in
the dredge together with other animals. I had, however, no idea of the great
abundance of this form, until I tried another method of catching it, viz., small
weels baited with dead fish. By these means, I have taken it in extraordinary
numbers, and in one night, all the soft parts of the bait were generally
completely torn off by them, so as to leave only the skeleton. Subsequently I
have also taken it in great abundance in the Trondhjem Fjord,
fastened on the [fishing lines. Indeed,
from dead fish
it seems to be one of the most effective
scavengers of the sea, excelling in this respect even the most voracious species of
Anonyx among the Amphipoda.
Distribution. British Isles (Sp. Bate), Kattegat (Meinert), Shetland Isles
(Norman), coast of France (Bonnier), Mediterranean at Naples (Hansen), Atlantic
coast of North America (Harger).
2. Cirolana microphthalma, Hoek.
(PI. XXX, fig. 1.)
Cirolana microphfhdlma, Hoek, Die Crustaceen gesammelt wahrend den Fahvten des ,,Willem
Barents" in den Jahven 1878 und 79, p. 28, PI. II, figs 1317.
Syn: Cirolana Cranchi, G. 0. Savs (not Leach.)
concliarum, G. 0. Sars (not Stimpson).
Specific Characters. Body oblong, semicylindric, considerably more than
3 times as long as it is broad, and slightly widening behind. Metasome scarcely
narrower than the mesosome, 1st segment very short, nearly concealed, terminal
segment large, exceeding in length the preceding ones combined, linguiform,
abruptly narrowed behind the base, tip obtusely truncated and finely ciliated,
having moreover 6 small marginal spinules. Eyes very small, rounded. Inferior
antennae comparatively short, scarcely more than twice as long as the superior,
flagellinn about the length of the peduncle, and composed of 12 articulations only.