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AMPH1PODA. 



ABERRANT1A. 



CA.PRELLIDJE. 



CAPRELLID^E. 



PROTO FED AT A. 



Specific character. Superior antennae nearly half the length of the 

 animal. Inferior antennse about half the length of the superior. First pair 

 of gnathopoda having the propodos triangular, palm oblique, armed with 

 small spines, and defined by a sharp tooth. Second pair of gnathopoda 

 having the propodos long, ovate ; palm waved, being oblique nearly two- 

 thirds the length of the joint, and denned by a process, armed with a strong 

 spine. 



Length g inch. 



Gammarus pedatus. ABILDGAARD in MULLER, Zool. Dan pt. iii. 



p. 33, pi. ci. figs. 1, 2. 

 Cancer (Gammarus) pedatus. MONTAGU, Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. p. 6, pi. ii. 



fig. 6. 

 Proto pedata. FLEMING in Edin. Phil. Journ. viii. p. 296. 



LEACH, in Edin. Encyc. vii. p. 433. Trans. 



Linn. Soc. xi. p. 362. SPENCE BATE, Rep. 



Brit. Assoc. 1855. Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. 



xix. p. 151. WHITE, Pop. Hist. Brit. Crust. 



p. 218. Cat. Brit. Crust, p. 61. JOHNSTON, 



Mag. Nat. Hist. viii. p. 673, figs. 72, 73. 



