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Slender Spider-Crab. {Stenorynchus tenuirostris.) This Crab has been found 

 in the Frith, but I have not, as yet, been so fortunate as to obtain it in this 

 locality. 



Scorpion Spider-Crab. (Inachus Dorsettensis.) " Hairy Bamler." This is 

 very common, both from the lines and from stomachs. Mr. Bell does not 

 give their dimensions. I have got them, with the carapace one and quarter 

 inch in length, with the first pair of legs four inches and a half. Sometimes 

 they are taken absolutely hid by Sponge, Zoophytes, Ascidians, &c. 



Slender-legged Spider-Crab. [Inachus leptochirus.) This extremely rare 

 Crab has been found in this district, and also further up the Frith A spe- 

 cimen is placed in the Banff museum. 



Great Spider-Crab. [Hyas araneus.) This is found both on the fishing 

 hooks and in stomachs ; and its remains are often strewed along the beach. 



Contracted Crab. (Hyas coarctatus.) Very common. It is chiefly got from 

 deep water. In October, 1854, I put it in a basin of fresh water, when it ex- 

 uded a quantity of roe ; it was of a yellow colour. It is said, by Mr. Houl- 

 stone^ to spawn in January. The species described as Hyas serratus, is also 

 very abundant at all seasons ; and usually all of them are about the same size. 



Strawberry Crab. {Eurynome aspera.) I have got a single specimen of this 

 beautiful Crab ; it was taken from deep water, in the crevice of a stone. 

 The length of the carapace is half an inch, exclusive of the rostrum. The 

 colour is pale rose on the tubercles, while the other parts are of a grayish 

 colour. Another small specimen has been got at Lossiemouth, Elgin. 



Great Crab. [Caneer pagurus.) " Partin." Very common. It is used as an 

 article of food by the people adjoining the sea-coast ; but it can scarcely be 

 said to be patronized by the inland inhabitants. They are commonly caught 

 by old men and boys. 



? (Pirimela denticulata.) One specimen has been found by 



Mr. Edwards, and is now lodged in the Banff museum. 



Common Shore-Crab. (Oareinus Mcsnas.) The most common of all the 

 Crustacea. I have never seen this used as food, but as play-things for 

 children. 



Pennant's Swimming-Crab. (Portunmus variegatus.) 



Velvet Swimming-Crab. (Portumis puher.) A good many of this species 

 have been met with, brought up on fishermen's lines. A specimen, now be- 

 fore me, measures fully two inches in length, and two inches and three quar- 

 ters in breadth. 



Cleanser Swimming-Crab. [Portunus depurator.) This appears to be the 

 most abundant of the swimming crabs. 



Marbled Swimming-Crab. {Portunus marmoreus.) Rare. A specimen is 

 in the Banff museum. 



Livid Swimming-Crab. (Portunus holsatus.) On the 28th April, 1855, in my 

 " diggings" in the stomachs of the fish that had been caught on that day, I 



