oncnTisTiD.i:. 51 



lliaii tlie podimck' of the inferior, v'^ocond pair of }inatho]K)(la 

 strongly dilated; palm oblique, scrnilate, and spinulose in tin,' 

 male, but very like the first pair* in the female. 

 " Length 34 lines. 



•• Ihsh. Coa.st of Naples."— Co6'<rt. 



Costa considers this closely allied to the preceding species. 



Doubtful species. 



33. Allorcliestes punctatus. 



Enone punctata, Hisso, Europe Merul. p. 97. 



This species should probably come here ; but Risso's description is 

 scarcely sufficient to enable me to determine. It may be the young 

 oi Amphitoe rubra. 



" Enoiu corpore hyalino, lutcsccnte, lateribus rubro punctatis ; chelis 



minimis, pedibus secundo pari longissimis, apice ovatis, acutis. 

 " Length 0-015 ; breadth 0-004 inch. 



" Hab. Coasts of the Mediterranean in the spring." — Risso. 



6. NICEA. 



Nioea, Mcnkt, Gay's CMH, vol. iii. p. 2-37, 1849. 

 Galauthis, ^)ence Bate, Ann. Nat. Hist. Feb. 1857 ; Brit. Assoc. Eeport, 

 18o5. 



Superior and inferior antenna) subequal, scarcely longer than the 

 cephalon. The rest of the animal generally resembling Allor- 

 chestes, except the telson, which is deeply cleft (or double ?). 



1. Nicea Luhbockiana. (Plate VIII. lig. 3.) B.M. 



rjalanthis Lubljockiaiia, Spmce Bate, Brit. Assoc. Rqyort, 1855 ; Syn- 

 opsis Brit. Aniph., Ann. Nat. Hist. Feb. 1857. 

 niiite, Hist. Brit. Crust, p. 104. 



Eyes rather large and perfectly round. Superior antennae scarcely 

 longer than the cephalon ; first articulation of the peduncle 

 largest, second slightly smaller, third still more so ; the tiagclluni 

 likewise decreases in a regular degree, so that the distinction be- 

 tween it and the peduncle is inappreciable. Inferior antennae not 

 longer than the superior. Mandibles much longer than deep, and 

 furnislicd with a secondary incisive plate ; a small tubercle 

 occupies the position of the appendage. The maxillii)cds have 

 a squamose plate arising from the basos and the ischium, b(jili uf 



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