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GAMMARIDiE. 
AMPHIPODA. OA MM A RIDES. 
NATATORIA. 
MELITA GLADIOSA. 
Specific character. All the segments of the pleon, except the sixth, having 
the dorsal surface of the posterior margin furnished with three teeth. 
Second pair of gnathopoda having the dactylos scimitar-shaped, angulated 
near its articulation. 
Length ^ inch. 
Melita gladiosa. Spence Bate, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 185, pi. xxxiii. 
fig. 6. 
This species bears a very general resemblance to the 
two preceding, but may readily be distinguished by the 
toothed character of the dorsal surface of the tail, 
all the segments of which, except the last, have the 
posterior margin developed into three small teeth. In 
the specimen from Boulogne, figured in the British 
Museum Catalogue, there are the rudiments of more 
teeth on the first and second segments of the tail. The 
eyes are small and round. The superior pair of antennae 
