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AMPHIPODA. DULICHIIDjE. 



ADERRANTIA. 



DULICHIA FALCATA. 



Specific character. Cephalon without a rostnim. Body smooth. Superior 

 antennffi about two-thirds the length of the animal. Second pair of gnatho- 

 poda having the propodos armed beneath with a crooked tooth near the base, 

 and a sharp curved tooth near the distal extremity. 



Length, 5 inch. 



DuUchia falcata. Spence Bate, Ann. Nat. Hist. xx. p. 526. Cat. Amph. 



Brit. Mus. p. 348, pi. liv. fig. 10. "White, Pop. Hist. 



Brit. Crust, p. 209. 

 Dynpedos falcata. Spence Bate, Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. xix. p. 151. 



In general appearance this species closely resembles 

 the preceding. The head is not produced into a rostrum. 

 The body and tail are smooth, being free from teeth or 

 spines. The eyes are round, and rather large. The 

 superior antennae are long, quite two-thirds the length of 

 the animal. The first joint of the peduncle is shorter 

 than the head, but each of the two succeeding (which are 

 slender, and nearly of the same length) are three times as 

 long as the first. The flagellum is not so long as the last 



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