AMPHIPODA 



NArAWIilA. 



Dx^.RCOTHOE (CERx\PUS $ ) PUNCTATUS. 461 



GAMMARIDES. 



DERCOTHOE (CERAPUS $) PUNCTATUS. 



Specific character. Eyes round. AutennsB subequal. Second pair of 

 gnathopoda with the carpus and propodos continuous, long-ovate ; carpus 

 but slightly produced upon the inferior margin of the i^ropodos. Telson 

 double-lobed. 



Length .Jg inch. 



Dercothoc {Ccrapus $) pimctatus. Milne Edwards, MS. in Brit. Mus. 



Spence Bate, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. 



p. 260, pi. xliv. fig. 10. 

 Pochccrus punclatas ?. Spence Bate, Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. 



xix. p. 148. 



The eyes are round and black. Antennas about one- 

 third the length of the animal. The first pair of legs 

 have the hand and wrist forming a continuous oval, of 

 which the upper margin is the more rounded. The 

 second pair of hands are larger and longer than the first ; 

 the wrist is continuous with the hand, but only about 



