The Auiphipoda of Bermuda. 



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Upper lip with small median emargination. Mandibles with dentate 

 cutting edges, prominent molar tubercle and slender 3-jointed palp, 

 the second joint of which is the longest and the terminal joint of 

 which tapers slightly and is a little shorter than second. Lower 

 lip with inner plates distinct. First maxillae with numerous setae 

 on inner plate and with outer plate armed in the usual way ; palp 

 2-iointed with terminal joint broadened and rounded distally and 

 armed with toothlike projections and setae. Maxillipeds with plates 

 well developed and with 4-jointed palp ; inner plates subrectangular, 



Fig. 12. Melita pla?iaterga sp. nov. 



long, extending nearly to middle of second joint of palp, distal margin 

 transverse and provided with numerous setae ; outer plates large, 

 with outer and distal margins convex, inner margin straight and 

 provided with spine teeth which become long and slender apically ; 

 second joint of palp 3 times as long as wide, cylindrical, third joint 

 about ■% as long as second, broader distally than proximally and 

 bearing a rounded triangular process at middle of inner margin, 

 rounded apex ciliated, fourth joint long and slender, unguiform. 



In female, first gnathopods with oval epimeron, higher than long 

 with ventral margin somewhat convex and provided with fine setae ; 

 second joint very long and slender with setae on both anterior and 

 posterior margins; fourth joint short, posterior margin strongly convex 



