No. 26.] 



ARTHROSTRACA OF CONNECTICUT. 



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long, and the propodus is short and stout ; the second gnathopods 

 and terminal uropods are also smaller than in most species of 

 this genus. 



Length 12 mm. 



The species was described from a single specimen taken at 

 Newport, Rhode Island. 



Melita dentata (Kroyer). 



Fig. 23. Melita dentata. 



1853. Gammarus purpuratus, Stimpson, Marine Invert. 

 Grand Manan, Smithson. Contrib. vol. 6, No. 5, p. 55. 



1894. Melita dentata (part), G. O. Sars, Crust. Norway, vol. 

 I, p. 513, pi. 181, fig. I. 



1906. Melita dentata, Stebbing, Das Tierreich, Lief. 21, 

 p. 427. 



Body much compressed ; eyes round or oval. 



First antennae much longer than second; second joint of 

 peduncle longer than first and about four times length of third; 



