CxVLLlOPE OSSIANI. 



AMPHIPODA. 



NATATOUIA. 



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GAMMARI1JE8. 



CALLIOPE OSSL\NL 



Sincific description. Propodos of the second pair of gnathopoda much 

 hii'ger than the first. Palm straight, not oblique, furnished with a few short 

 spines near the inferior angle ; tkree posterior legs with the middle joints 

 very broad and acutely angulated. 



Length \ inch. 



Calliope Ossiani. 



Spence Bate, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 149, pi. xxviii. 

 fiff. 3. 



The head is produced anteriorly to a very minute 

 point ; the three anterior segments of the tail are dorsally 

 elevated posteriorly, and very slightly carinated. The 

 eyes are white, — a circumstance that was kindly pointed 

 out to us by the Rev. A. M. Norman, who states it to be 

 so constant a feature that by it he could at once dis- 

 tinguish this species. The superior antennae are longer 

 than the inferior. The first pair of legs are small ; the 



