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COROPIillDiE. 
A MPHIPODA . PODOCERIDES. 
NAT ATOM A. 
Specific character. Second pair of gnathopoda having the propodos long- 
ovate ; palm very oblique, defined by an obtuse tooth, and armed with one 
strong central tooth and three subapical tubercles. 
Length 2 3 0 inch. 
Podocerus Ocius. Spence Bate, Cat. Amph. Brit. Mus. p. 257, pi. xliv. 
fig. 5. 
This species scarcely differs from P . pelagicus. It has 
the coxm less deep than in any of the previously- 
described species. The inferior antennae have the flagel- 
lum consisting of three articuli, the first of which is as 
long as the last joint of the peduncle, the second and 
third are each abruptly smaller, and furnished with 
a single strong, curved, sharp spine amidst fine hairs. 
The second pair of hands are long-ovate, the palm being 
horizontal and about half the length of the hand, de- 
fined by a strong blunt tooth, and armed near the centre 
with a long obliquely-pointed tooth, beyond which are 
three tubercles. The finger is smooth upon the inner 
