NTCEA LUBBOCKIANA. 



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AMPHIPODA. 



SALTATOEIA. 



ORCBESTIIDjE. 



NICEA LUBBOCKIANA. 



Specific cliaracler. — Antennae sliort, suliequal in length. Gnathopoda sub- 

 equal in size : palm slightly oblique. Telson deeply cleft. 

 Length sfj of an inch. 



GalaiitJiis Luhhocl-iana, Spence Bate, Brit. Assoc. Report, 1855, p. 57. 



Ann. Nat. Hist. 1857. White, Popul. Hist. 



Brit. Crust, p. 164. 

 Nicea ,, Spence Bate, Cat. Brit. Mus. p. 51. 



The eyes are round ; the anterior pair of antennae 

 are scarcely longer than the head. The inferior is scarcely 

 as long as the superior. The first pair of legs are sub- 

 chelate ; the hand is longer than broad, the palm straight, 

 oblique, fringed with fine cilia ; the inferior extremity 

 terminates in an obtuse tooth; the inferior margin is 



