186 AMrUIPODA NOKMALIA. 



fivc-jointed : inferior pair a little tlic sliortcr ; base a little longer 

 than base of su])orior pair ; flagellum half shorter than base. First 

 pair of gnathopoda quite small : right propodos of second pair very 

 large, broadly rounded at base; upper apex not projecting, rect- 

 angular, immoveable ; dactylos long and stout ; left propodos very 

 small, narrow, and narrowing to apex, ciliate. Three posterior 

 pairs of pereiopoda subsctoso. Posterior pair of pleopoda very 

 long, nearly twice as long as either of the other pairs. 

 " Length nearly 3 lines. 



" Hab. Singapore ; brought up with coral in 10 feet water." — 

 Dana. 



7. Melita setipes. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 8.) 

 Moera setipes, Dana, U. S. Explor. Exped. p. 9G7. pi. 66. f. 7. 



" Slender. Coxaj narrow. Eyes round. Antennaj as long as body : 

 the superior a little the longer ; base shorter than flagellum ; second 

 joint sparingly longer than first ; appendage five-jointed : inferior 

 pair with the base longer than base of superior pair ; flagellum 

 shorter than base. First pair of gnathopoda quite small : right 

 propodos of second pair very large, subtriangular, narrow at base ; 

 left propodos very small, narrow at base, with an obliquely 

 truncate apex. Three posterior pairs of pereiopoda subequal, the 

 fourth pair slightly the longest; joints with short seta), meros 

 sen-ate bcliind. 



^' Length 4 lines. 



"Hah. Shores of harbour of Rio Janeiro, among the sea-weed 

 near the fort, not far from Praya Grande." — Dana. 



8. Melita anisochir. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 1.) 



Mcera auisochir, Kroyer, Tklskr. ser. 2. i. p. 283. 

 Dana, U. S. Explor. Exped. p. 968. pi. 66. f. 8. 



" This species, from Eio Janeiro, is veiy near ilf. setipes, but difiers 

 in having the setae or hairs of the pereiopoda longer and more slender, 

 and the third joint of the three posterior pairs of pereiopoda not ser- 

 rated behind for the setae. The superior antennae are rather shorter 

 than the body. Length nearly 6 lines. Some of the hairs of the 

 three posterior pairs of pereiopoda are longer than the propodos." — 

 Dana. 



9. MeUta Fresnelli. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 2.) 



Aniphitoe Fresnelli, Audouin, Savupiifs Ecpjpt. Crmt. pi. 11. f. 3, 

 Edwards, Ann. des Sci. Nat. xx. p. 377 ; Hist, des Crust, iii. p. 38. 



Cephalon furnished with a small rostrum. Pleon having all the 

 segments serrated along the dorsal surface of the posterior margin. 



