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-GROUP OF SPECIMENS OF THE GOOSE BARNACLED 

 (Lepas anatifera), ONE SHOWING THE CIRRI EX- 

 TENDED AS IN LIFE. NATURAL SIZE. (From Brit. 



III. ( Mus. Guide) } 42 



GROUP OF A COMMON SPECIES OF ACORN-SHELL OR 

 ROCK BARNACLE (Balanus balanoides). NATURAL 

 SIZE 



IV. Penceus caramote, FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN. ABOUT 



HALF NATURAL SIZE. (From Brit. Mus. Guide) - 57 



V. THE COMMON SPINY LOBSTER (Palinurus vulgar is). 



MUCH REDUCED. (From Brit. Mus. Guide) - - 59 



VI. Munida rugosa. BRITISH. REDUCED - - 60 



VII. THE COMMON HERMIT CRAB, Eupagurus bernhardus, IN 

 THE SHELL OF A WHELK. REDUCED. (From Brit. 

 Mus. Guide) - - - - - -62 



VIII. THE "NORTHERN STONE CRAB," Lithodes maia. 



MUCH REDUCED. THE LAST PAIR OF LEGS ARE 

 FOLDED OUT OF SlGHT IN THE GlLL CHAMBERS. 



(From Brit. Mus. Guide) 63 



'THE COMMON SHORE CRAB (Carcinus manas). RE-" 



IX.. 



DUCED 



Dromia vulgaris, CARRYING ON ITS BACK A MASS OF 

 THE SPONGE, Clione celata. BRITISH. REDUCED 



'{ 



A SWIMMING CRAB, Portunus depurator. BRITISH.' 

 j. i REDUCED 



] A SPIDER CRAB, Maia squinado, DRESSED IN FRAG- 

 MENTS OF WEEDS. BRITISH. REDUCED 



68 



X. Calappa flammea. BRAZIL. REDUCED - - 72 



XI. THE GIANT JAPANESE CRAB, Macrocheira hampferi. 



MALE. THE SCALE OF THE FIGURE is GIVEN BY 

 A TWO-FOOT RULE PLACED BELOW THE SPECI- 

 MEN. (From Brit. Mus. Guide) - 76 



XII. Squilla mantis, FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN. ABOUT 



ONE-HALF NATURAL SIZE. (From Brit. Mus. Guide) 80 



