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C/VPRELLID.E. 



AMPHIPODA. 



ABEURANTIA. 



CAPRELLIDuE. 



PROTO PEDATA. 



Specific character. Superior antennaj nearly half the length of the 

 animal. Inferior antennte about half the length of the suj)erior. First pair 

 of gnathopoda having the propodos triangular, palm oblique, armed with 

 small spines, and defined by a sharp tooth. Second jmir of gnathopoda 

 having the propodos long, ovate ; palm waved, being oblique nearly two- 

 thirds the length of the joint, and defined by a process, armed with a strong 

 spine. 



Length g inch. 



Gammarus jyedatus. 

 Cancer {Gammarus) pedatus. 

 Proto pedata. 



Abildgaabd in Muller, Zool. Dan pt. iii. 



p. 33, pi. ci. figs. 1, 2. 

 Montagu, Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. p. 6, pi. ii. 



fig. 6. 

 Fleming in Edin. Phil, Journ. viii. p. 296. 



Leach, in Edin. Encyc. vii. p. 433. Trans. 



Linn. Soc. xi. p. 362. Spence Bate, Eep. 



Brit. Assoc. 1855. Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. 



xix. p. 151. White, Pop. Hist. Brit. Crust. 



p. 218. Cat. Brit. Crust, jj. 61. Johnston, 



Mag. Nat. Hist. viii. p. 673, figs. 72, 73. 



