The Amphipoda of Bermuda. 



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than inner and with outer and inner margins parallel; inner plate 

 triangular. Maxillipeds with 3-jointed palp of which the first is 

 slightly longer than the second and as long as the third which 

 terminates subacutely ; outer plates moderately long with inner margin 

 straight, outer margin convex and apex rather slender ; inner plates 

 moderate, terminal margin transverse and armed with plumose spines. 



Fig. 8. Panoploeopsis pi>rta sp. nov. {Ep 4 is upmle down.) 



In female, first gnathopods with rather high epimeron, twice as 

 high as long, triangular, with slight notch on anterior margin ; second 

 joint moderately stout with long setae on anterior and on distal 

 third of posterior margin; third joint slightly longer than broad; 

 fourth joint about as long as third and slightly stouter; wrist slender, 

 tapering toward distal end, about 3 times as long as broad ; hand 

 more slender than wrist and longer, anterior and posterior margins 

 nearly parallel, simple; finger short, curved, with concave margin 

 divided into about 6 hooked teeth and with numerous setae. 



