136 HISTORY OF BRITISH CRUSTACEA. 
five or six teeth above and three beneath ; one only of the 
former situated behind the line of the eye-notch ; tip gene- 
rally emarginate. 
Described first by Professor Bell* from specimens found 
in Poole Harbour; Mr. W. Thompson finds it at Wey- 
mouth in spawn in J une ; the ova are of a brownish-drab 
colour. The beak is covered with innumerable reddish 
dots. 
Pam. EENEEIEM, M. Edw. 
Antennse inserted on two rows ; the lower, if not both 
pairs, generally very long. Beak small or wanting. Legs 
slender, their base almost always furnished with a more or 
less developed lamellar appendage ; third pair of legs often 
furnished with two claws. Abdomen very long and com- 
There are but few species of this family found in our 
seas; there are many species in the warmer parts of the 
world, many of them found in the estuaries of rivers, and 
highly esteemed as food. 
* British Stalk-eyed Crustacea, p. SOT. 
