MELITA. 
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A M PHI POD A . GA MMARIDES. 
NAT ATOM A. 
Genus— MELITA. 
Leach, Edin. Encyc. Art. Crust, p. 403, and Append, 
p. 432. Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. p. 358. Desmarest, 
Consid. sur les Crust, p. 265. Spence Bate, Cat. 
Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 181 (not of Dana). 
Costa, Rend. della Reale Accad. delle Scienze di Napoli, 
1853, p. 170. 
Dana, U. S. Explor. Exped. p. 965. 
Milne Edwards, Hist. nat. Crust, iii. p. 54. Liljeborg, 
Ofyers, &c. 1854, p. 452. Bruzelius, Skand. Amph. 
p. 56. Spence Bate, Ann. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. xix. p. 144. 
Generic character. Superior antennae longer than the in- 
ferior, having a secondary appendage. Second pair of gnatho- 
poda very large in the male. Posterior pair of pleopoda having 
the internal ramus rudimentary, the outer very long. Telson 
double. 
The eyes in this genus are round, and not very large. 
The superior antennae are furnished with a secondary 
appendage. The inferior antennae are scarcely longer 
than the peduncle of the superior. The second pair of 
legs are furnished, in the male at least, with a very large 
hand ; and the finger generally impinges somewhat within 
the margin of the palm. The walking legs are nearly of 
the same length ; and the three posterior pairs have fre- 
quently the fingers directed backwards. The posterior 
pair of the caudal appendages have the branches very 
unequal ; the outer one being very long, the inner very 
short, and frequently rudimentary, as in the typical 
species. The central tail-piece is double. 
Melita. 
Ceradocus. 
Moera. 
Gammarus part. 
