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not expanded laterally. Eyes distinct, subdorsal. Superior
antennee well deve-
loped, with the tiagellum composed of numerous short articulations carrying long
olfactory filaments. Inferior antennae very much elongated,
with a well-marked
scale-like appendage outside the 3rd joint of the peduncle. Mandibles with the
cutting part divided from the molar expansion by a deep incision, palp rather slender.
Second pair of maxillre with the outer lobes narrow, conic in form, and tipped by a
limited number of simple seta3. Maxillipeds normal. Legs nearly equal in length, 1 st
pair of same structure in the 2 sexes, prehensile, the carpus being very large,
subfusiform, and edged inside with spines, propodos narrow, linear, and very
movably articulated to the former, so as to admit of being bent in against it,
dactylar joint in all legs very small, 3-unguiculate. Uropoda largely developed,
with the rami slightly unequal, and clothed with fasciculated bristles.
Remarks. This genus was established as early as in the year is 13 by
Leach. The genera Oniscoda of Latreille, and Axdlodes of Stimpson, as also that
of Heiiopomus Kroyer, are all undoubtedly identical with the Leachian genus,
which, as the much older one, ought to be retained. It is the type
of the
family lanir'vla1
, and the genus which in external appearance exhibits most re-
semblance to the fresh-water genus Asdlus. Five species have as yet been re-
corded, viz., 2. maculosa Leach, /. tricornis Kroyer, I. alta Stimpson, I. alnjssorum
Beddard, and /. Tristani Beddard. Of these, only the first-named belongs
fauna of Norway.
lanira maculosa, Leach.
(PI. XL.)
Syn: Oiiisrorta maculosa, M.-Eihv.
Henopomus wuticiis, Kroyer.
to the
Specific Characters. Body oblong oval in form, about 3 times as long as
it is broad, and slightly narrowed both in front and behind. (Vphalon
with the
lateral expansions evenly rounded, frontal edge straight, without a trace of rostrum.
Anterior segments of mesosome with the lateral parts slightly produced at both
corners, but not covering the small coxal plates, which are bi-lobulate. Caudal
segment sub-circular, distal part of lateral edges coarsely serrated. Eyes well
developed, rounded oval, with dark pigment. Superior antenna' reaching ahout
to the end of the penultimate peduncular joint of the inferior ones, tiagellum more
than twice as long as the peduncle, and composed of about 30 articulations. In-
ferior antennae considerably exceeding the length of the body, the last 2 pedun-
cular joints rather elongated, subequal, flagellujn about twice the length of the