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ceolar, p. 94. Petits Camcres converts dune coguthe, Du Terire, p. 235. Sol- 
dats Rochef. p.152, @ 162. Squilla lutaria Ramph. Thef, Anim. Tab. v: 
Lit. KL, p. 1. 
This fimal] Lobfter or Crab differs in very little from the European 
Souldjer or Hermit Crab. It hath two large forked Claws like thofe 
of an ordinary Lob/ter, one of which ts bigger than the other, both 
rounder, more tumid, lefs prickly, and of a paler red than that of Ea 
yope, Lhe Legs are four in Number, long, not forked, but fingle toed. It 
hath two Astenne and two Eyes which ftand on a long Cylindrical 
Pedicle. 
They fit themfelves with any Shell which they find empty, whether it 
be of the Land or Sea, and cover themfelves almoft over init, carryin 
it on their Backs wherever they go, like a Snail. ’Tis not poffible to be- 
Jieve how quick the Land Crabs defcrib’d, p. 269, N° 1, and this Crab 
will run upon the leaft Appehenfion of Danger : Till they are turn’d up no- 
thing appears but a dead Shell, the Mouth of which lies under moft, out of 
which fome little Partof the Crab appears after ’tis taken up. 
Cw Av. IT. 
Of Sea Star-fifhes. 
IL (Tella Marina minor echinata. purpurea. Tab. 244. Fig. 8,9. An Stelle 
marina {colopenirotdes [pinofa Rumph. Thef. an. p. 3. Tab, xv. lit. B? 
The Body of this Star is not over a quarter of an Inchin Diameter, five 
corner’d, and cover’d with purple Prickles, the Rays or Points are five, 
each of which is an Inch and an half long, and hath feveral purple fmall 
Prickles arm’d on every hand, which are white at Bottom. 
This moft elegant Star-fifh fticks to the Coral Rocks and Sponges in the 
Seas near Port-Royal. 
I]. Stella marina minor cinerea lavis. An Stella marina laevis, Rumph. 
| Thef. an. p. 3. Tab. 15. lit.C? 
This has a Body and Rays of the Bignefs and like the other, only {mooth, 
and of a brown Colour and fomewhat flippery. 
I found one of them near the Palifadoes by Port Roys/. 
IIL. Stella marina maxima reticulata, Stella marina Indice reticulata, Lo- 
bel. nott: in Pharmacop. Rond. p. 138 G& 139. Etoile de Mer. Dutertre, p- 
236, Rochef. p. 233. ; 
_ This Star is in Body five Inches Diameter, has five Rays each one end- 
ing ina Point from a broad Beginning, three Inches long beyond the 
Body, it has on its under fide five long Troughs or Cavities along each 
Ray, and a great many white round fpherical Bodies near one another, as 
big as Peas, the upper Part or Side has a great many blunt Protuberan- 
cies 
