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AMPHIPODA. 



NATATORIA. 



GAMMARIM. 



GAMMARIDES. 



MELITA PROXIMA. 



Specific character. Fourth and fifth segments of the pleon having small 

 teeth upon the postero-dorsal margin. Inferior antennae about half the 

 length of the superior. Dactylos of the second pair of gnathopoda scimitar- 

 shaped. 



Length, 5 4 D inch. 



Melita proxima. SPENOE BATE, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 184, pi. xxxiii. 

 fig. 4. 



THE back of this species is quite smooth, except a 

 central rudimentary tooth, and a tolerably prominent 

 one upon each side of the fourth and fifth segments of 

 the tail. The eyes are small and round. The superior 

 antennae are rather more than half the length of the 

 body, while the inferior pair reach but little beyond 

 the extremity of the peduncle of the superior. The 

 first pair of legs bear a close resemblance to those of 



