CHELURA TEREBANS. 



AMPHIPODA. 



nOMlCOLJ. 



503 

 CHELURID^. 



CHELURA TEREBANS. 



Specific character. Third segment of the pleon posteriorly armed with a 

 strong centro-dorsal tooth. Inferior antennpe nearly as long again as the 

 superior. Gnathopoda not having the propoda dilated. Antepenultimate 

 pair of pleopoda having the peduncle long, narrow, and rami short : penulti- 

 mate having the peduncle developed into a broad and squamiform plate, the 

 rami short : ultimate having the peduncle very short, and the ramus broad 

 and very long. Telson pedunculated and broadly lanceolate. 



Length — male ^g inch, female ^ inch. 



Chelura terebans. PniLiPPiin Wiegmann's Archiv. vol. v. p. 120, pi. iii. 

 fig. 5. (1839). Allman, Ann. Nat. Hist. xix. p. 361, 

 pi. xiii. 1839. Westwood in Gard. Chron. 1849, 

 p. 388, fig. sin. Spence Bate, Rep. Brit. Assoc. 

 p. 59. Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. xix. p. 149. Cat. 

 Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 285, pi. xlviii. fig. 1. White, 

 Cat. Brit. Crust, p. 56, Hist. Brit. Crust, p. 202, 

 pi. xi. fig. 2. GossE, Mar. Zool. i. p. 138, f. 

 250. 



Nemerfex nesa;o!des. Leach, MSS. White, Cat. Crust. Brit. Mus. 1847, 

 p. 90. 



