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GAM MAR ID^. 



AMPHIPODA. 



NATATORIA. 



GAMMARIDES. 





PROTOMEDEIA HIRSUTIMANA. 



Specific character. First pair of gnathopoda hirsute on the posterior 

 margin of ischium, meros, carpus, and propodos. Second paii- of gnathopoda 

 hirsute upon the posterior margin of the propodos ; and having the anterior 

 margin of tlie basos furnished with two or three longitudinal rows of very 

 long plumose hairs. 



Length—? 



Protomedeia hirsutimanus. 



Spence Bate, Cat. Amph. Crust, p, 

 pi. XXX. f. 6. 



168, 



The eyes are round but not very large. The superior 

 antennse extend as far as the posterior margin of the 

 fourth segment of the body. The flagellum is scarcely 

 as long as the peduncle, and the secondary appendage 

 is as long again as the last joint of the peduncle. The 

 inferior antennas are but very little shorter than the 

 superior ; and the flagellum is very short, being not so 

 long as the last joint of the peduncle. The mandibles 



