432 



AMPHIPODA. 



NATATORIA. 



COROPHIID.E. 



PODOCER1DES. 



SUNAMPHITHOE CONFOBMATA. 



Specific character. Eyes small, round, and white. Superior antenna? 

 longer than the inferior. Second pair of gnathopoda much larger than the 

 first ; propodos long-ovate, tapering to the extremity ; palm very oblique, 

 waved. 



Length 2 8 inch. 



Sunamphitkoe conformata. Spence Bate, Bep. Brit. Assoc. 1855, p.- 59. 



Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. xix. p. 148. Cat. 

 Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 251, pi. xliii. fig. 6. 

 White, Hist. Brit. Crust, p. 202. 



In this species the eyes are round and white, with a 

 red spot in the middle. The superior antennas are 

 nearly as long as the animal. The inferior antenna? are 

 but little more than half the length of the superior. 

 The second pair of legs are furnished with a hand twice 

 the size of that of the first pair: it is of a long oval 

 form, somewhat tapering to the extremity ; the palm is 

 subparallel with the upper margin, and is waved nearest 

 to the distal extremity. The first two pairs of walking- 

 legs have the thighs very broadly developed. The third 

 pair of walking legs are very short ; the two last longer 

 and of uniform length. The posterior pair of caudal 

 appendages have the inner ramus foliaceous, and the 

 outer terminating in two powerful hooks. The telson 

 has not been clearly observed, but we believe that it 

 agrees with our generic description. 



