MICRODEUTOPUS WEBSTERII. 
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A MPHIP OB A . GAMMA RIDES . 
NAT ATOM A. 
Specific character. First pair of gnathopoda having the carpus without a 
tooth, and the propodos with a tooth at the inferior angle. 
Length A inch. 
Microdentopus Websterii. Spence Bate, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 164, 
pi. xxx. fig. 2. 
Lerabos Websterii. Spence Bate, Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. vol. xix. p. 
142, 1857. White, Pop. Hist. Brit. Crust. 
p. 180. 
The superior antennae are not quite half the length of 
the animal. The flagellum is about the same length as 
the peduncle. The first pair of legs have the wrist un- 
armed, and as large as the hand, and both are thickly fur- 
nished with long hairs upon both margins, but particularly 
the upper ; the hand is rounded, and broadest behind 
the palm, the inferior angle of which is produced to a 
short stout tooth, against the apex of which the finger 
appears to impinge within the extremity. The second 
pair of legs have the wrists longer than the hand, and 
both margins (especially the upper) furnished with long 
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