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GAMMARID^. 



AMPHIPODA. 



NATATORJA. 



STEGOCEPHALIDES. 



MONTAGU A POLLEXIANA. 



Specific character. Second pair of gnatliopoda Laving the propodos as 

 long again as broad ; palm advanced, deeply notched just within the inferior 

 angle, which is produced into a tooth, internally concave. 



Length, \ inch. 



Montaijua 2wUcxiana, Spence Bate, Brit. Assoc. Report, p. 57, 18.^5. Synop- 

 sis, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1857, xix. 137. Cat. Amph. 

 Brit. Mus. p. 57, pi. Ix. fig. 2. White, Pop. Hist. 

 Bi-it. Crust, p. 167. 



The eyes are small, rouiicl, and probably red ; we 

 have, however, only seen dried or dead specimens, from 

 which all colour rapidly passes away. The superior 

 antennas are nearly two-thirds the length of the body, 

 having the first joint of the peduncle longer than the 

 head, the second joint a little shorter than the first, and 

 the third small, not being distinguishable from the 

 articuli of the flawellum. The inferior antennae are 



