422 

 AMPHIPODA. 



NATATORIA. 



COROPHIID^. 



PODOCERIDES. 



AMPHITHOE LITTORINA. 



Specific character. Eyes small, round. Superior antennae not more than 

 half the length of the animal. Inferior antennae almost as long as the 

 superior. Q-nathopoda having propoda tapering to the extremities ; palmae 

 corresponding with the inferior margins ; dactyla not having the inner margin 

 serrated. Colour, green, with black spots. 



Length f inch. 



Ampkithoe littorina. 



Amphithoe punctata. 



SPENCE BATE, Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1855, p. 59. Ann. 



Nat. Hist. 2 ser. xix. p. 148. Cat. Amph. Brit. 



Mus. p. 234, pi. xli. fig. 2. WHITE, Hist. Brit. 



Crust, p. 200. 

 JOHNSTON, Zool. Journ. iii. p. 127 and 490. Ann. 



Nat. Hist. xx. p. 243. WHITE, Cat. Crust. Brit. 



Mus. p. 50. W. THOMPSON, Ann. Nat. Hist. xx. 



p. 243 (October, 1847) (not of Say, nor of Costa, 



Rend. Accad. Sci. di Nap. 1853, p. 176, nor Podo- 



cerus punctatus, Spence Bate). 



THIS species, which is very readily distinguishable 

 from A. rubricata whilst alive, requires close observation 

 to determine its identity in a preserved state. The body 

 is long and laterally compressed. The eyes are small, 

 round, and black. The antennae are annulated with 



