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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



This species lives in the brackish pools and in the marshes, and 

 may be taken on the flats when the tide is out. 



Length 15 mm. Color translucent, tinged with green, and with 

 minute black or brown spots. Found all along the shores in suitable 

 localities. 



Melita nitida Smith 

 M e 1 i t a nitida Smith. In Verrill. /. c. 1874. p. 560. 



Terminal uropoda with outer branch very elongate, inner branch 

 much reduced. Dorsal part of abdominal segments not produced 

 into teeth. Antennulae longer than antennae and two thirds length 



Fig. 31 Melita nitida 



of body. Flagellum of antennae shorter than peduncle. Eyes 

 round, black. First gnathopoda of male small with the dactyl very 

 minute. Second gnathopoda larger and subchelate. First pereio- 

 poda slightly longer than second; fifth and sixth equal and longer 

 than fourth. 



Length 7-9 mm. Color dark greenish slate. 



Found but not commonly under rubbish between tides. Taken 

 at Bartow and South Beach, S. I. 



A somewhat smaller form probably occurs. This is M . den- 

 tata (Kr.), and it resembles nitida except that the posterior 

 dorsal part of the abdominal segments is produced into small teeth. 



Elasmopus laevis (Smith) 



M o e r a laevis Smith. In Verrill. /. c. 1874. p. 559. 

 Last three pereiopoda with joints broad and flat and armed with 

 fascicles of hairs. Antennulae two thirds as long as body, flagellum 



