70 LIST OF MALACOSTRACA PODOPHTHALMA. 



2. PORTDNUS puber, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 6. Velvet crab. Penn 

 Brit. Zool. iv. tab. 4, fig. 8. Not uncommon. 



3. PORTUNUS corrvgatus, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 7, figs. 1-2. Wrinkled 



crab. Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. tab. 5, fig. 9. Berwick Bay, rare. 

 Dr Johnston. 



4. PORTUNUS plica fas, Milne Edwards' Hist, des Crust, part 1, p. 442. 



Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. tab. 4, fig. 6, a. Occasionally brought from 

 deep water in Embleton Bay, adhering to the nets of the fishermen. 



5. PORTUNUS marmoreus, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 8. Marble crab. 

 Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. pi. 2, fig. 6. Occasionally met with in the same 

 way as the preceding. 



6. CANCER pagurus, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 10. Common crab. Penn. 

 Brit. Zool. pi. 3, fig. 7. This is the only species used as food on 

 these coasts ; it is taken in vast quantities, and during the whole 

 year. 



7. PINNOTHERES pisum, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 14. Pea crab. Penn. 



Brit. Zool. iv. pi. 1, fig. 1. Inhabits bivalve shells, chiefly those of 

 the common mussel. I hare taken it also from the Cardium Icevi- 

 gatum, the only specimen of the shell that has occurred to me. It 

 is by no means uncommon in the mussels obtained at Holy Island, 

 but all are females. 



8. PINNOTHERES Cranchii, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 14, figs. 4-5. A 



single specimen has only come under our notice ; it was brought 

 from Eyemouth by the Rev. Mr Turnbull. 



9. MACROPODIA phalangium, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 23, fig. 6. Slender- 

 legged crab. Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. pi. 9, fig. 1 7. Common. 



10. MACROPODIA tenuirostris, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 14. This is of 

 much less frequent occurrence than the preceding ; it is easily dis- 

 tinguished from it by the length of the rostrum, and by the spines 

 on the inner side of the claws. 



1 ] . LITHODES Maja, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 24. Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 

 pi. 8, fig. 14. This beautiful crab is not uncommon in Embleton 

 Bay. The male is at once distinguished by the length of the claws 

 and size of the spines ; the females, however, are much more nu- 

 merous, not above one male occurring in five or six. They are 

 called Harpers by the fishers. 



12. EBALIA Pennantii, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 25, figs. 1-6. Uneven 



crab. Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. pi. 9 A, fig. 19 Rare. A single 

 specimen, taken at Redheugh, Berwickshire, in the collection of Dr 

 Johnston, and another in my own, taken in Embleton Bay, are the 

 only ones that have come under my notice. In both, which are 

 females, the abdominal covering is marked with two rows of bright 

 scarlet spots, a character not noticed by Dr Leach. 



13. HYAS araneus, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 21, A. Spider crab. Penn. 



