78 Miscellaneous. 



and strongly toothed in their terminal joint. The hands and arms 

 are much lighter than the body ; the fingers are tinged with rose 

 colour at the base and spotted and striped with a purplish brown, 

 the terminal joints of the legs with rose-colour ; the eyes are reddish 

 brown ; the carapace is brownish blotched with red. This is a male 

 specimen. The abdomen is six-jointed, broad, and slightly hollowed 

 out opposite the second, third and fourth joints. I do not notice 

 the carinse on the hands, as mentioned by Mr. Bell ; but this may be 

 occasioned either by my specimen being immature, or my lens not 

 being perfect : the inner margin of the first and second joints of the 

 arm strongly and acutely toothed. This individual I caught in com- 

 pany with Stenorhynchus Phalangium, S. tenuirostris, Tnachus Doryn- 

 chus, Pisa tetraodon, and Hyas coarctatus, all of which nearly 

 approach each other in their habits. Achceus Cranchii, like its con- 

 geners, was covered with weeds. This crab is, when first caught, one 

 of the most handsome. 



I am, Gentlemen, yours very obediently, 



William Thompson. 



GYMNETRUS BANKSII. 



Berwick, June 21. 



A specimen of this extraordinary fish was captured this morning at 

 the mouth of the river ; its length is 8^ feet long, and it weighs up- 

 wards of 10 stone. 



CARCHARIAS VULPES. 



To the Editors of the Annals of Natural History. 



Weymouth, June 24, 1851. 

 Gentlemen, — On Saturday the 21st, a specimen of the Fox 

 Shark, Carcharias Fulpes, was caught at Wyke in a mackerel seine ; 

 it measured 12 feet. I will try and get further particulars in time 

 for the * Annals ' for July : this fish had been seen in the Bay some 

 days before. 



I am, Gentlemen, yours very obediently, 



William Thompson. 



On the Chemnitzise. By George Barlee, Esq. 

 To the Editors of the Annals of Natural History. 



Lerwick, June 20, 1851. 

 Gentlemen, — In the paper you did me the favour to publish in 

 your last month's ' Annals,' there is an error at page 485, line 24, that 

 makes my statement appear contradictory, and which I shall feel 

 obliged by your correcting. Instead of the words, " as I have only 

 seen three or four of them," I beg to substitute, "as there are three 

 or four of them I have not seen." Those species are, Chemnitzice 

 formosa, clathrata, striolata and notata. 



