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night, placing it in the miiddle of a large blanket or sheet. Those 

 that gather about the lantern may then be collected in quantity 

 and preserved. 



Talitrus megalophthalmus (Bate). 



Plates 64, 65, and 150, Figure 7. 



Orchestia megalophthalma Bate, Cat. Amph. Crust. Brit. Mus., 1862, p. 22. 



Locality unknown (based on Leach MS.). 

 Talorchestia megalopihahna Verrill, Rep. U. S. F. Com., I, 1871-72 (1873),. 



p. 336. Sandy shores. 



S. I. Smith, Rep. U. S. F. Com., I, 1871-72 (1873), p. 556. Cape Cod 



to New Jersey. 



R. Rathbun. Rep. Fisher. Ind. U. S., I, 1884, p. 825. Great Egg- 



Harbor, New Jersey. 



Holmes, Amer. Nat., XXXVH, 1903, p. 275. Cape Cod to Cape 



Hatteras region. 



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



Cod to New Jersey. 



Paulmier, 58th An. Rep. N. Y. State Mus., IV, 1904 (1906), p. 156, 



fig. 24. New York City. 



^Talitrus quadriUdis De Kay, N. Y. Fauna, Crust., VI, 1844, p. 36, PL 9, fig. 



27. Under stones and seaweed (N. Y.). 

 Talorchestia macropthalma Leidy, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1888, p. ZiZ- 



Beach Haven, New Jersey. (Lapsus specifically.) 



Description. — Eyes very large, covering most of head. First 

 antennae with three joints of peduncle subequal in length, 

 though flagellum much shorter than peduncle. Second an- 

 tennae rather short, less than half of body in length. First 

 gnathopods in male with fifth joint furnished with prominent 

 lower lobe, and sixth joint narrowing somewhat from base to 

 within short distance from distal end, where broadened into 

 rounded posterior lobe. Second gnathopods of male with large 

 more or less ovate hand, front edge evenly convex and hind 

 edge shorter, nearly straight. Palm oblique, spinulose, evenly 

 convex, and prominence with spine at hind end. First gnatho- 

 pods in female without prominent lower lobe and sixth joint 

 tapers distally, not produced at lower end. Second gnathopods 

 of female weak, much broadened second joint well convex in 

 front, oblong hand with lower end rounded, and minute dactyl 

 on edge some distance above end of hand. Second abdominal 



