STI MPSOK T A CH ELI FEK A . 



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AMPHIPODA. 



NATATORTA. 



GAMMA FIDES. 





STIMPSONIA CHELIFERA. 



Specific character. Superior antenna scarcely longer than the peduncle 

 of the inferior. First pair of gnathopoda having the inferior margin of the 

 carpus inferiorly produced to a long, sharp process. Second pair having the 

 inferior angle of the propodos pi'oduced nearly as long as the finger. 



Length -^ inch. 



Stimpsonia cheUfera. Spesce Bate, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 162, 



pi. xxix. fig. 9. 



The animal bears a strong general resemblance to 

 Microdeutopus Grylhtalpa. It has the eyes small, round, 

 and black. The superior antennae are scarcely longer 

 than the peduncle of the inferior, and have the flagellum 

 about half the length of the organ. The secondary 

 appendage consists of a single articulus. The first pair 

 of legs have the wrists large and inferiorly produced to 

 a long, sharp process, reaching nearly as far as the 



