60 CRUSTACEA OBSERVED IN PURBECK. 



♦ .. .. Gebia deltura? Bell, 225. 



A Oebia was taken in Swanage bay in 1854. I did not 

 see it myself, and from the drawing which I received 

 of it, I am not able to tell which of the two British 

 species it belonged to ; it resembled most closely on the 

 whole, Gebia deltura, and Mr. Colson who took the 

 drawing seems to think it must have been this species. 



Common Shrimp. Crangon mdgaris. Bell, 256. 

 Abundant. 



Varying Hippolyte. Hippolyte varians. Bell, 286. 

 Not uncommon. Locally named "Crook-backs." 



Pandalus annuliformis. Bell, 297. 

 One or two specimens I have taken in Swanage bay. 



Prawn. Palcemon serratus. Bell, 302. 



Generally very fine and abundant, but last year very 

 scarce. 



* . . . . Palcemon squilla. Bell, 305. 



"I believe this to be the species commonly called at 

 Swanage and at Studland, " Puddle-Shrimps" ; abun- 

 dant in Poole harbour and in Little sea." (Mev. J. M. 

 Colson.) 



Palcemon Leachii. Bell, 307. 

 A few specimens 



LESTER LESTER. 



April, 1856. 



