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the body, attenuated; hands not dentated, equal, oval, not 

 larger than the carpus; body and antennae above, sprinkled 

 with numerous black points, fasciated on the abdominal 

 segments; feet^ posterior pair not serrated on the hind 

 edge of the dilated thighs, but armed with three or four 

 short -pines. 



Length rather more than three tenths of an inch. 



Perfecdy distinct from the preceding species by the 

 more elongated and less robust antennae. I obtained it 

 several years ago at Great Egg-harbour, where it is not 

 uncommon. 



G^^zw^ TALITRUS. Latr. 



Body composed of thirteen segments exclusive of the 

 head; antennae superiores shorter than the peduncle of the 

 inferiores; feet fourteen; tail armed with several bifid 

 spines at tip. 



SPECIES. 



1. T. longicornis'^. Inferior antenna with about 

 tliirty articulations in the terminal joint; hand oval, palm 

 sinuated. 



Inhabits the seabeach of New-Jersey. 



Cabinet of the Academy. 



Eyes oval;t superior antenncs not extending beyond 

 the second joint of the peduncle of the inferior ones; infe- 

 rior antennae as long as the body, with the third joint of 

 the peduncle rugose above and beneath, terminal joint 

 composed of about thirty articulations; first pair of feet 



* Lnltss we cavet'uU}' examine tr.e eyes we are apt to be dect ived as to 

 their form, being" sometimes but partially coloured in the dried specimen. 



