AMPHIPODA. 



NATATORIA. 



NIPHARGUS KOCHIANUS. 3^3 



GAMMARIDES. 



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NIPHARGUS KOCHIANUS. 



Specific character. Coxse of the first four legs as deep as the 

 segments, to which they are attached. Gnathopoda having the propoda 

 suhquadrate, longer than broad, narrowest at the base : palmoe anteriorly 

 produced. Second and third segments of the pleon having the posterior angle 

 pointed. 



Length \ inch. 



Nipharr/us Kochianus. 



Spence Bate, Proceed. Dub. Univ. Zool. and Bot. 

 Assoc. 1859. Nat. Hist. Rev. vol. vi. p. 165, 

 fig. 1. Cat. Amph. Crust. Brit. Mus. p. 177, 

 pi. xxxii. fig. 3. HoGAN, Proceed. Dub. Univ. 

 Zool. and Bot. Assoc. 1859. Nat. Hist. Rev. 

 vol. vi. 13. 1G6. 



This species bears in its general aspect a very close 

 resemblance to those already described. It differs from 

 A^ aquilex, while it agrees with N. fontanus, in having the 



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