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GAMMARIDiE. 
antennae. The body of the animal is smooth, but the 
dorsal surface of the tail is marked by a very slight 
carina, which terminates in a small tooth at the posterior 
margin of the fourth segment. The eyes of the ani- 
mal are very small in the type specimen. The superior 
antennae scarcely reach to the half of the length of the 
animal. The inferior antennae in the typical specimen 
are about two-thirds the length of the superior, whereas 
the peduncle is quite as long as, but thinner than, the 
peduncle of the superior. The first two pairs of legs 
are equal in size, but the hand of the second pair is 
shorter than that of the first, and the palm a little 
more convex. The legs are very uniform in length ; 
the thighs of the last three being somewhat dilated. 
The last pair of caudal appendages have the branches 
of an equal length, but not longer than the peduncle, 
and in the typical specimen they do not reach beyond 
the extremity of the preceding pair. 
The figure given in the preceding page was drawn from 
the typical specimen of Dr. Leach in the British Mu- 
seum, and differs from that given in the “ Catalogue 
of Amphipoda of the British Museum” in a few de- 
tails, the most important of which are the length of 
the last pair of caudal appendages, and the length of 
the inferior antennae. The latter distinction is not im- 
portant, since it depends upon the length of the flagel- 
lum only, which is very liable to vary, whereas the 
peduncle is quite as long and important as the peduncle 
of the superior. The former difference may perhaps be 
of greater importance, but it requires much considera- 
tion before we can separate into distinct species animals 
upon so slight a variation, particularly as we have ob- 
served specimens in which the length of these branches 
were intermediate between the types of Leach and Ed- 
