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AMPHJPODA. 



BfPERINA. 



HYPERIT1XE. 



ffTPERIIDJB. 



HYPERIA OBLIVIA. 



Specific character. Superior antennae as long as the depth of the cephalon; 

 Inferior antennae longer than the superior and terminating in a multiarticu- 

 late flagellum. Grnathopoda subequal, carpi scarcely inferiorly produced. 

 First and second pereiopoda having the carpi considerably broader than the 

 propoda. Three posterior pairs of pereiopoda very long, subequal, and having 

 the anterior margins fringed with fine comb-like cilia. 



Length 5 ^ inch. 



Hyperia oblivia. KROYER, Gronl. Amfip. p. 70, pi. iv. fig. 19. MILNE 

 EDWARDS, Hist, des Crust, iii. p. 77. SPENCE BATE, 

 Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. xix. p. 150. Cat. Amph. 

 Brit. Mus. p. 289, pi. xlix. fig. 5. WHITE, Pop. Hist. 

 Brit. Crust, p. 206. 



THE head is deeper than long. The eyes are large, 

 but the pigment in our dead specimen formed a black 

 spot of distinct outline on the anterior edge of the 



