450 



AMPHIPODA. 



NATATORTA. 



COKOPIITID.E. 



P0D0CERIDE8. 



PODOCERUS ocrus. 



Specific cliaracter. Seconrl pair of gnatliopoda liaving tlip ])rnpoi1os long- 

 ovate; ])alm very ohlique, defined by an ol)tuse tooth, and anned with one 

 strong central tooth and three siibapical tubercles. 



Length ^^ inch. 



Podoccriis Ocitis. Spence Bate, Cat. Amph. Brit. Miis. p. 257, pi. xliv. 

 fig. 5. 



This species scarcely differs from P. pclagicus. It lias 

 the coxae less deep than in any of the previously- 

 described species. The inferior antennae have the flagel- 

 lum consisting of three articuli, the first of which is as 

 long as the last joint of the peduncle, the second and 

 third are each abruptly smaller, and furnished with 

 a single strong, curved, sharp spine amidst fine hairs. 

 The second pair of hands are long-ovate, the palm being 

 horizontal and about half the length of the hand, de- 

 fined by a strong blunt tooth, and armed near the centre 

 with a long obliquely-pointed tooth, beyond which are 

 three tubercles. The finger is smooth upon the inner 



