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Order Amphipoda. 



Group NORMALIA. 



Division Gammasina. Subdivision Vacantia. 



Tribe Saltatoria. 

 Fam. 1. Orchestiidse. 



Genus Talitrus, Latreille. 



Talitrus hcusta, L. Bate & Westwood, Brit. Sessile-eyed 

 Crust, i. p. 16. 



Abundant amongst tbe debris of seaweed and dead animals 

 of all kinds near high-water mark, and in burrows in the sand 

 even above the latter. 



Genus Hyale, H. Rathke. 



Hyali Nihsoniy II. Rathke ; B. & W. op. cit. i. p. 40 (as 



Allorchestes Nilssonii). 



In small pools near high-water mark on the surface of the 

 bare rocks beyond the Maiden Rock, where almost the only 

 vegetation is borne on the backs of the limpets, and under 

 stones in littoral pools at the West Rocks. Stomachs of the 

 cod and flounder. 



Tribe Natatoria. 



Fam. 2. Gammaridae. 



Subfamily Stegocepualides. 



Genus STENOTHOE, Dana ( = Probolium, Costa ; Mbntagua, 

 Bate & Westwood). 



Stenothoe wonoculoides, Mont. ; B. & W. op. cit. i. p. 54. 



In debris of fishing-boats, not uncommon. The dorsum 

 has rows of orange or reddish-orange specks, three distinct 

 rows on the broad plates of the anterior limbs, and other 

 isolated spots of the same hues ; eyes orange or reddish orange, 

 with small red dots posteriorly. A variety also occurs. 



