THE CRUSTACEA OE NEW JERSEY. 211 



aa. First antennae reaching slightly beyond tip of penvdtimate joint of second; 

 hand of second gnathopods of male oval, palm regularly curved, with 

 slight prominence at h;nd end but not notched ; common around salt 

 marshes. palustris 



Orchestia agilis S. I. Smith. 

 Plate 61. 



Beach Flea. 



Orchestia agilis (S. I. Smiith) Verrill, Rep. U. S. F. Com.. I, 1871-72 (1873). 



p. 314. The shores. 

 — S. I. Smith. Rep. U. S. F. Com.. I, 1871-72 (1873, P- 555. PI- 4. %• 



14. Bay of Fundy to Neiv Jersey. 



R. Rathbun, Fisher. Ind. U. S., I, 1884, p. 824. All the shores. 



Kingsley, Standard Nat. Hist., II, 1884, p. jy, fig. 106. Our shores. 



Leidy, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1888, p. :i,2,3. Beach Haven, N. J. 



— Heilprin, An. Life of Our Sea Shore. 1888. p. 95, PI. 7. fig. 6. N. J. 



and southern shore of Long Island. 



Holmes, Am. Nat., XXXVII, 1903, p. 274. Arctic America to Florida. 



Holmes, Bull. Bur. Fisher., XXIV, 1904 (1905), p. 469, figs. Bay of 



Fundy to N. J. 



M. J. Rathbun, Occas. Papers Boston Soc. N. Hist., VII, No. 5, 1905, 



p. 53. Bay of Fundy to Connecticut. 



Mayer, Sea Shore Life, 1906, p. 97, fig. 66. Long Island Sound. 



Paulmier, 58th An. Rep. N. Y. State Mus., IV, 1904 (1906), p. 154, 



fig. 21. New York City. 

 ? Talitrus gryllus Bosc, Hist. Nat. Crust., II, 1802, p. — , PI. 15, figs. 1-2. 

 Carolina. (Not consulted.) 



De Kay, N. Y. Fauna, Crust., VI, 1844, p. 26, PI. 7, fig. 19. Along 



sandy beaches. New York. 



Talitrus grillus Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., I, 1818, p. 386. Inhabits 



sandy beaches. 

 Orchestia gryllus White, Cat. Crust. Brit. Mus., XXV, 1847, p. 86. United 



States (sandy beaches, on Say's material). 



Bate, Cat. Amph. Crust. Brit. Mus., 1862, p. 19, PL 3, fig. 2 (Say's 



material). 



f Psammylla litforalis Rafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag. Crit. Rev., II, Novem- 

 ber, 1817, p. 41. Long Island shores, Nezv York, Hudson River. 



Description. — Body moderately longv rather slender. Eyes 

 conspicuous. First antennae scarcely extend to penultimate 

 joint of second antennae, and flagellum shorter than peduncle. 

 Second antennae scarcely half body length, stout peduncle in 

 male with last joint little longer than preceding one, though 



