SP1NOUS SPIDER-CUAB. 



DEC A POD A. 



BRACHYURA. 



MA IADAL. 



SPINOUS SPIDER-CRAB. 



CORWICH. 



Maia sq^linaclo. 



Specific cltaracter, Carapace convex, covered with sharp spines. 

 Cancer Squinado, 



Maia, 

 j\faia Squinado, 



HERBST, I. t. xiv. f. 84-85, (jun.) Id. III. t. Ivi. 



(adult.) 



SOWERB. Brit. Misc. t. xxxix. 

 LATR. Hist. Nat. des Crust. VI. p. 93. Bosc, Hist. 



Nat. des Crust. I. p. 257. LEACH, Trans. Linn. Soc. 



XI. p. 326. Id. Malac. Brit. t. xviii. EDW. Hist. 



Crust. I. p. 327. 



THE carapace of this species of Maia is considerably con- 

 vex, of an ovoid form, but becoming more triangular in 

 adult age, by tlie increased narrowing of its anterior por- 

 tion. The rostrum is strong and prominent, its two horns 



