Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833

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Title: Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833
Year: 1835 (1830s)
Authors: Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856 Ross, James Clark, Sir, 1800-1862
Subjects: Victory (Ship) Natural history
Publisher: London, A.W. Webster
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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y to estabhsh a new genus, of which it is the only known spe-cies ; and I have much pleasure in dedicating it to my friend, Captain Edward Sabine,of the Royal Artillery, by whom it was discovered in the west coast of Daviss Straits,during Sir Edward Parrys first voyage to those regions. His very accurate descrip-tion is as follows: Length four inches; colour varied, red and white above, whitebeneath; thorax seven carinate, the three lateral carince on each side serrate, themiddle one with strong spines; rostrum short, curving down between the eyes, groovedin the centre ; the five upper carinae carried on in very faint rudiments along the back;the terminal setae of the superior antennae inserted nearly in the same horizontal line,the interior one being the longest; the first joint of the inferior antennae scarcely pro-duced beyond the middle of the squama; a strong spine in the abdomen directed for-ward between the chelate legs; the last joint of the pediform palpi subacuminate. //. /;
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Jlih: /./iin.-JH.i-/. NATURAL HISTORY. Ixxxiii rather longer than the preceding; second pair of legs slender, very short, bristled, andunarmed, in which last essential point it differs from the Poritophilus spitiosus of Dr.Leach, Mai. Pod. Brit., t. 37, to which in other respects this species bears a nearresemblance. It is more rarely met with in the Arctic Seas than the Crangon Boreas, but a fewspecimens were obtained near Felix Harbour. It was also found in a previous voyagenear the island of Igloolik in considerable numbers. 3.—HIPPOLITE ACULEATA. ALPHEUS ACULEATUS.—Sa6 ; Supp. to Parrys Ut Voyage—p. ccxxxvii., pi, 2, figs. 9 & 10. Ross,App. to Parrys 3d Voyage—p. 120; and Polar Voyage—p. 206.CANCER ACULEATUS.—fafc; Faun. Grcenl.—p. 239. A. (H.) thoracis carina dentibus quatuor, margine antico trispinoso, segmentis utrinque aculeatis, palpis pediformibus apice spinulosis. (Subine.) The Alpheus Aculeatus and A. Polaris of Sabine, belong to the genus Hippolite ofLea

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