16 HYPERIUD.. 
AMPHTPODA. AYPERUDEA. 
HYPERINA. 

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HYPERIA OBLIVIA. 
Specific character. Superior antenne as long as the depth of the cephalon; 
Inferior antenne longer than the superior and terminating in a multiarticu- 
late flagellum. Gnathopoda subequal, carpi scarcely inferiorly produced. 
First and second pereiopoda having the carpi considerably broader than the 
propoda. Three posterior pairs of pereiopoda very long, subequal, and having 
the anterior margins fringed with fine comb-like cilia. 
Length 54 inch. 
Hyperia oblivia. Kroyer, Grénl. Amfip. p. 70, pl. iv. fig. 19. Mune 
Epwarps, Hist. des Crust. iii. p. 77. Spence Barr, 
Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. xix. p. 150. Cat. Amph. 
Brit. Mus. p. 289, pl. xlix. fig. 5. Wurre, Pop. Hist. 
Brit. Crust. p. 206. 
Tue head is deeper than long. The eyes are large, 
but the pigment in our dead specimen formed a black 
spot of distinct outline on the anterior edge of the 
