GAMMARTIXE. 



AMPH1PODA . GAMMARIDES 



N ATA TORI A. 



Genus PHERUSA. 



Pherusa. LEACH, Edin. Encyc. vii. p. 432. Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. p. 360. 



Enc. Brit. Suppl. p. 426. DESMABEST, Consid. sur. Crust. 



p. 269, pi. xliv. SPENCK BATE, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. 



p. 143. (Not of KOOH, Deutschlands Crustacean, &c. Heft. 



xxix. pi. 24, which is an Isopod.) 

 Amphitoe. MILNE EDWARDS, Ann. des Sci. Nat. t. xx. p. 376. Hist, des 



Crust, iii. p. 32. 

 AmphitJioe. DANA, United States' Explor. Exped. p. 910 (part). 



Generic character. Like Atylus, but telson not divided. 

 Gnathopoda small. 



THIS genus is very near to Atylus ; in fact, the de- 

 marcation through some of the exotic species is so 

 feeble, that some carcinologists may doubt the pro- 

 priety of our separating them. Atylus Huxley anus, from 

 Hermit Island (Antarctic Ocean) indeed might be al- 

 lotted to either genus, since the cleft in the terminal 

 caudal plate is reduced to a mere indentation of the 

 apex. But since, in this and other nearly-allied genera, 

 there are many species which can be grouped into sepa- 

 rate divisions, we think that it will be found convenient 

 to consider them as forming separate genera. 



In addition to the entire central caudal plate, which 

 is the chief distinction between this genus and Atylus, 

 the difference in the form and size of the gnathopoda 

 separates it from Calliope. 



