218 HISTORY OF BRITISH CRUSTACEA. 



Gen. 105. PROTO, Leach. 



All the rings of thorax furnished with legs : there are 

 seven pairs of these organs ; the second, third, and fourth 

 pairs have a vesicular appendage at their base. 



Proto pedata, Leach. Miiller's Spectre Shrimp. — Up- 

 per antennas very long, lover antennae very short. Fifth 

 pair of legs very short ; palm of second jaw-foot convex and 

 slightly denticulated. 



South coast of Devon (Montagu) ; Plymouth (Mr. Spence 

 Bate) ; Bell Rock (Dr. Fleming) ; Berwick Bay (Dr. John- 

 ston) ; Moray Firth (Rev. G. Gordon). — Desmarest found 

 this species abundantly on sponges, and fancies that it feeds 

 on the substance of the animal which forms them. 



Proto Goodsirii (Spence Bate) differs chiefly from the 

 preceding in the palm of second jaw-foot being concave. 



Moray Firth (Rev. G. Gordon). 



Fam. GFAMIDJE. 



Body depressed, oval. Eyes compound ; two very small 

 ocelli on vertex ; antennas verv close together at the base. 

 Five pairs of legs, more or less prehensile ; second and third 



