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A CORNISH FAHNA. 
Melita palmata. — Montagu, Lin. Trans., vii, p. &^,pt. 6, fig. 4. 
Bate and Westwood, p. 337. 
It lias been, taken by Dr. Loaeb at riymouth. Mr. Lougbrin 
has found it at Polperro. It is a species that is by no means 
plentiful even where it has been found. 
Melita obtusata. — Montagu, Lin. Trans., vol. xi, p. 5, fig. 7. 
— Bate and Westwood, p. 341. 
The original type of this species is in the British Museum, it 
having been taken by Col. Montagu, at Salcomb, on the south 
coast of Devon, from which the figure given in the Sessile Eyed 
Crustacea was taken, while the description was written from a 
recent specimen taken in Plj'mouth Sound. 
Melita peoxima. — Spence Bate, Cat. Mus. Ampli.,p. \9>A:,pt.xxxiii, 
fig. 4. — Bate and Westwood, p. 344. 
This species has been taken in Plymouth Sound, and Mr. 
Edwards, of Banff, has sent it to us from that locality. 
Melita GLADiosA. — Spence Bate, Cat. B.M.,p. 185,^i. 33, /. 6. — 
Bate and Westwood, p. 346. 
Taken in Plymouth Sound. It resembles Gammanes podayer 
of Mr. Milne Edwards, which undoubtedly belongs to this genus. 
Genus, Majba. — Leach. 
First pair of antennse longer than the second, having a second 
appendage. Second hand larger than the first. Telson double. 
MiEEA GEossiMANA. — Montagu, Lin. Trans., zi, p. 359. 
When alive the animal is very transparent, its colour being 
faint yellow, tinted with rose. 
The type was taken by Col, Montagu, in rocky pools on the 
south coast of Devon, but it has since been taken in Plymouth 
Sound, Penzance, and Polperro, as well as on the coasts of Scot- 
land and France. 
It bears a close resemblance to Mara tenella, which Dana found 
in the Feejee Islands. 
Genus, Eueysthbus.— Bate. 
Antennee subequally long. First pair with a second branch. 
Hands subchelata, second larger than the first; last pair of caudal 
appendages biramose, branches equal. Telson cylindrical. 
