U2 



AMPHIPODA. 



NATATORIA. 



COROPIlIfD.E. 



PODOCERI DBS 



PODOCERUS CAPILLATUS. 



Specific character. Eyes round. Antennaa suhequal, plumose. Secoml 

 pair of gnathoijoda having the propoJos ovate except v/here the palm is 

 deeply excavated and defined by a strong tooth. 



Length \ inch. 



Podocerus capillatus. Rathke, Nov. Act. Acad. Leop. xx. pi. iv. fig. 8. 



Spence Bate, Cat. Auiph. Crit. Mus. p. 255, 



pi. xliv. fig. 3. 

 Jassa cainllata. Bruzelius, Skand. Amph. Gamm. p. 19. 



This species so much resembles P. variegatus that we 

 originally considered them to be varieties of one species. 

 Our figure, unfortunately drawn from an imperfectly- 

 developed specimen, scarcely gives a correct idea of the 

 points which distinguish this species ; the details, how- 



