u 



HYPERIIDiE. 



AMPHIPODA. 



EIPERINJ. 



HYPERIIDM. 



HYPERIA GALEA.. 



Specific character. Cei:)halon large ; pereion distended ; pleon compressed. 

 Antennas short, having the flagella terminating in a few scarcely-visible 

 articuli. First pair of gnathopoda having the carjjus broad, biit not obliquely 

 produced ; second pair having the carpus infero-anteriorly produced. 

 Peduncle of the posterior pair of pleopoda reaching to the apex of the rami 

 of the preceding pair. Telson lanceolate. 



Length ^ inch. 



Hyperla Galha. Montagu, Linn. Trans, xi. p. 4, pi. 2, fig. 2. 



Milne Edwards, Hist, des Crust, iii. p. 77. 

 W. Thompson, Ann. Nat. Hist. xx. p. 244. 

 White, Cat. Crust. Brit. Mus. 1847 and 1850, 

 p. 57. Hist. Brit. Crust, p. 206. Gosse, Mar. 

 Zool. p. 139. Spence Bate, Ann. Nat. Hist. 

 2 ser. xix. p. 150. Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 293, 

 pi. xlviii. fig. 9. 



Hi/perla LalreilUi. Miln-e Edwards, Ann. des Sci. Nat. xx. p. 388, 



pi. xi. fig. 1-7. Hist, des Crust, iii. p. 76. 

 Regne An. (Ed. Crochard) Crust, pi. Iviii. fig. 1. 



