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A MPIIIPODA . 



NATATORIA. 



COROPHIID.E. 



PODOCERTDES. 



PODOCERUS OCIUS. 



Specific character. Second pair of gnathopoda having the propodos long- 

 ovate ; palm very oblique, defined by an obtuse tooth, and armed with one 

 strong central tooth and three subapical tubercles. 



Length fa inch. 



Podocerus Ocius. SPENCE BATE, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 257, pi. xliv. 

 fig. 5. 



THIS species scarcely differs from P. pelagicus. It has 

 the coxse less deep than in any of the previously- 

 described species. The inferior antenna have the flagel- 

 lum consisting of three articuli, the first of which is as 

 long as the last joint of the peduncle, the second and 

 third are each abruptly smaller, and furnished with 

 a single strong, curved, sharp spine amidst fine hairs. 

 The second pair of hands are long-ovate, the palm being 

 horizontal and about half the length of the hand, de- 

 fined by a strong blunt tooth, and armed near the centre 

 with a long obliquely-pointed tooth, beyond which are 

 three tubercles. The finger is smooth upon the inner 



