136 HISTORY OF BRITISH CRUSTACEA. 



five or six teeth above and three beneath; one only of the 

 former situated behind the line of the eye-notch ; tip gene- 

 rally einarginate. 



Described first by Professor Bell* from specimens found 

 in Poole Harbour; Mr. W. Thompson finds it at Wey- 

 mouth in spawn in June ; the ova are of a brownish-drab 

 colour. The beak is covered with innumerable reddish 

 dots. 



Jam. PENJEIBJE, M. Edw. 



Antennae inserted on two rows; the lower, if not both 

 pairs, generally very long. Beak small or wanting. Legs 

 slender, their base almost always furnished with a more or 

 less developed lamellar appendage ; third pair of legs often 

 furnished with two claws. Abdomen very long and com- 

 pressed. 



There are but few species of this family found in our 

 seas; there are many species in the warmer parts of the 

 world, many of them found in the estuaries of rivers, and 

 highly esteemed as food. 



* British Stalk-eyed Crustacea, p. 307. 



