KONGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND. 22. N:0 7. 



the fifth pair is not longer than the tibia, and is not serrated. The lateral parts of the pleonal 

 segments are angulated behind. The peduncle of the last pair of uropoda is more than 

 twice as long as broad. The telson is longer than broad, and shorter than the last ural 

 segment; it is broader than the peduncle of the last pair of uropoda, but not half as long 

 as the same peduncle. 



Colour. Yellowish green speckled with dark red. 



Length. 9—15 mm. 



Hal). The Northern temperate region of the Atlantic: the North Sea, and off the South coast 

 of England. The tropical region of the Atlantic: the West-Indies. (D. M.; F. M.; 

 S. M.) 



Syn. 1813. Cancer Gammarus galba, MONTAGU. 



Hyperia galba, 



F. E. Go ERIN. 



A. White. 



Spence Bate. 



Descriptions of several new or 

 rare Animals, principally ma- 

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 1825. »Uroptere.» Encyclopedie Me- 

 thodique. Histoire naturelle. 

 Tome 10 me , p. 771. 

 1847. List of the Specimens of Cru- 

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 Report on the 25 th Meeting 

 of the British Association for 

 the Advancement of Scince, at 

 Glasgow, 1855, p. 59. 

 1856. The Natural History of Ireland. 



Vol. 4, p. 397. 

 1859. »Notes on dredging in Belfast 

 Bay». The Natural History 

 Review. Vol. 6, p. 83. 



SpENCEBATEandWESTWOOu. 1868. A History of the British Sessile- 

 eyed Crustacea. Vol. 2, p. 

 12, fig. 



Th. Edward. 1868. »Stray Notes on some of the 



smaller Crustaceans. 1. On 

 the habits etc. of the Hy- 

 periidae». The Journal of the 

 Linnean Society. Zoology. 

 Vol. 9, p. 143. 



A. Merle Norman. 1869. "Shetland Final Dredging Re- 



port)). Part. 2. On the Crus- 

 tacea" etc. Report of the 38 th 

 Meeting of the British Asso- 



W. Thompson. 



Kinahan. 



