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AMPHIPODA. 



NAT ATOM A. 



COROPHIID.E. 



PODOCERL L)S 



PODOCERUS CAPILLATUS. 



Specific character. Eyes round. Antennae subequal, plumose. Second 

 pair of gnathopoda having the propodos ovate except where the palm is 

 deeply excavated and defined by a strong tooth. 



Length | inch. 



Podocerus capillatus. RATHKE, Nov. Act. Acad. Leop. xx. pi. iv. fig. 8. 



SPENCB BATE, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 255, 



pi. xliv. fig. 3. 

 Jassa capillata. BRUZELIUS, Skand. Amph. Gamm. p. 19. 



THIS species so much resembles P. variegatus that we 

 originally considered them to be varieties of one species. 

 Our figure, unfortunately drawn from an imperfectly- 

 developed specimen, scarcely gives a correct idea of the 

 points which distinguish this species; the details, how- 



