GOSSEA MICRODEUTOPA. 
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A M PH IP OB A . GA MM A RIDES. 
NATATORIA. 
Specific character. Superior antennse with each joint of the peduncle 
gradually decreasing in length ; flagellum longer than the peduncle, and 
haying the alternate articuli distally and inferiorly produced and furnished 
with a few cilia, First pair of gnathopoda having the propodos long-quadrate, 
with the palm slightly convex. 
Length inch. 
Gossea microdeutopa. Spence Bate, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 160. pi. xxix. 
fig. 6. 
The eyes are tolerably large, rounded in form, and 
black. The superior antennse are about one-third the 
length of the animal, having the peduncle very short and 
the flagellum tolerably long, the latter having the alter- 
nate articuli infero-distally produced and furnished with 
a few hairs of unequal length. The second and fourth 
articuli likewise bear short, broad, trumpet-mouthed 
auditory cilia. The first pair of legs have the hand long- 
quadrate, the palm is slightly rounded. In the second 
pair the hand is more slender than in the first, and the 
palm is shaped and defined by a small spine. The 
walking legs are all nearly of the same length. The 
caudal appendages are long and slender, the last having 
the peduncle extending further than the extremity of 
the central caudal-plate. The branches are of one length, 
styliform, and furnished upon their upper margins with 
