

38 CAPRELLID. 
AMPHIPODA. CAPRELLIDA. 
ABERRANTIA. 

PROTO PEDATA. 
Specijic character. Superior antenne nearly half the length of the 
animal. Inferior antenne 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 defined by a process, armed with a strong 
spine. 
Length 4 inch. 
Gammarus pedatus. ABILDGAARD in MuuuEr, Zool. Dan pt. iii. 
p. 38, pl. ci. figs. 1, 2. 
Cancer (Gammarus) pedatus. Montagu, Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. p. 6, pl. ii. 
fig. 6. 
Proto pedata. Fiemine in Edin. Phil. Journ. viii. p. 296. 
Lracn, in Edin. Encye. vii. p. 433. Trans. 
Linn. Soc. xi. p. 8362. Spence Barr, Rep. 
Brit, Assoc. 1855. Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. 
xix, p. 151. Wuure, Pop. Hist. Brit. Crust. 
p. 218. Cat. Brit. Crust. p. 61. JoHnston, 
Mag. Nat. Hist. viii. p. 673, figs. 72, 73. 
