344 
GAMMARDm 
AMP HIP OB A. 
NATATORIA. 
OA MM A RIDES. 
MELITA PR0X1MA. 
Specific character. Fourth and fifth segments of the pleon having small 
teeth upon the postero-dorsal margin. Inferior antennae about half the 
length of the superior. Dactylos of the second pair of gnathopoda scimitar- 
shaped. 
Length, 5 4 0 inch. 
Melita proxima. Spenoe Bate, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 184, pi. xxxiii. 
fig. 4. 
The back of this species is quite smooth, except a 
central rudimentary tooth, and a tolerably prominent 
one upon each side of the fourth and fifth segments of 
the tail. The eyes are small and round. The superior 
antennae are rather more than half the length of the 
body, while the inferior pair reach but little beyond 
the extremity of the peduncle of the superior. The 
first pair of legs bear a close resemblance to those of 
