298 
GAMMARID2E. 
AMP HI POD A. GA MM A RIDES. 
NATATORIA. 
PROTOMEDEIA HIRSUTIMANA. 
Specific character. First pair of gnathopoda hirsute on the posterior 
margin of ischium, meros, carpus, and propodos. Second pair of gnathopoda 
hirsute upon the posterior margin of the propodos ; and having the anterior 
margin of the hasos furnished with two or three longitudinal rows of very 
long plumose hairs. 
Length — ? 
Protomedeia hirsutimanus. Spence Bate, Cat. Amph. Crust, p, 168, 
pi. xxx. f. 6. 
The eyes are round but not very large. The superior 
antennae extend as far as the posterior margin of the 
fourth segment of the body. The flagellum is scarcely 
as long as the peduncle, and the secondary appendage 
is as long again as the last joint of the peduncle. The 
inferior antennae are but very little shorter than the 
superior ; and the flagellum is very short, being not so 
long as the last joint of the peduncle. The mandibles 
