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AMPHIPODA. 



NAT A TORI A. 



APPENDIX. 



PHOXIDES. 



( Vol. I. p. 178.*) 



KROYERA BREVICARPA, N.S. 



Specific character. Superior antennae short ; inferior as long as the entire 

 animal. Second pair of gnathopoda chelate, with the lower angle of the 

 carpus not extending along the inferior margin of the propodos. 



Length, about one-sixth of an inch. 



THIS species differs from those previously described in 

 having the superior antennae short and thickly furnished with 

 auditory cilia; the inferior antennae being as long as the 

 animal ; the first pair of gnathopoda, with the propodos, 

 ovate, having the palm armed with three or four obtuse 

 denticles and two rows of hairs, and defined by a strong 

 spine ; the anteriorly produced carpus also terminating in a 

 strong spine ; and in having the second pair of gnathopoda 

 chelate, with the antero-inferiorly produced angle not extended 

 along the inferior margin of the propodos. 



It was taken at Banff by Mr. Edward. 



