ORCHESTIA LITTOREA. 



AMPHIPODA. 



SALTATORIJ. 



ORCHESTIA LITTOREA. 

 (Shore-Hopper.) 



Specific character. Propodos of the second pair of gnatliopoda having 

 the palm convex, slightly oblique, with a small tooth at the inferior angle. 

 Posterior pair of pereiopoda, having the carpus and meros in the older 

 males largely developed. Length of an inch. 



Cancer (Gammarus) littoreus, MONTAGU, Linn. Trans, ix. p. 96, t. 4, f. 4. 



Orchestia littorea, 



LEACH, Edinb. Encycl. vii. p. 402, pi. 21, 

 f. 6 ; Linn. Trans, xi. p. 356 ; Encycl. 

 Brit. Suppl. i. 424. DESMAREST, Cons. 

 p. 261, t. 45, f. 3. SAMOUELLE, Ent. 

 Comp. p. 102. LATREILLE, Encycl. Meth. 

 pi. 336, f. 1. WHITE, Cat. Brit. Crust. 

 p. 48 ; Pop. Hist. Brit. Crust, p. 162, 

 pi. x. f. 1. SPENCE BATE, in Ann. Nat. 

 Hist. 2nd ser. voL xix. p. 136 ; Cat. Brit. 

 Mas. p. 27. GOSSE, Marine Zool. p. 142. 



