NORWAY LOBSTER. 



DECAPODA. 



MACROURA. 



251 



ASTACIDjV. 



Cancer norvegicus, 

 Astacus ,, 



Neplirops 



NORWAY LOBSTER. 



Nephrops norvegicus. Leach. 



LINN, Syst. Nat. I. 1058 HERBST, II. t. xxvi. f. 3. 

 FABR. Ent. 418. PENN. Brit. Zool. (8vo.) IV. t. xiii. f. 



l,p.23. 

 LEACH, Edinb. Encycl. VII. p. 400 ID. Trans. Lin. 



Soc. XI. p. 344. Malac. Pod. Brit. t. xxvi. EDW. 



Hist. Nat. Crust. II. p. 336. 



THE body of this elegant species is elongated and sub- 

 cylindrical ; the cephalo-thorax compressed at the sides ; 

 the surface slightly pubescent : the gastric region is 

 armed with seven lines of points, of which the outermost 



