MELITA OBTUSATA. 
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have since compared it, is from the type preserved in 
the British Museum. 
Col. Montagu took his specimen in Salcombe Bay, 
Devonshire, whilst ours was dredged by us in company 
with Professor Kinahan in Plymouth Sound. 
In the collection of the Paris Museum is a specimen 
of this species which unfortunately has the habitat not 
recorded, hut we are inclined to think that it is from the 
coast of Brittany, as in the collection that was kindly 
intrusted to us for inspection, there were specimens of 
other Amphipoda from that locality. 
