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are frequently obtained, and some of these were 

 noticed to take possession of other empty shells 

 which had come up in the same haul. This fact 

 may explain some of the supposed cases of E. 

 Prideauxii living without Adamsia. We found that 

 naked specimens, when placed in a jar of water 

 with a number of conveniently-sized shells, one of 

 which had an Adamsia — previously deprived of its 

 hermit — invariably selected the latter. It is perhaps 

 the most brilliantly-coloured British pagurid, and 

 some stress may be laid on the fact that the same 

 statement also applies to the anemone. In our ex- 

 perience young specimens are very rarely obtained, 

 as Ave only met v^ith one, Tvhich measured about 

 half-an-inch in length, and was located in a shell 

 of Trochus tumidiis, yet even at this early stage 

 furnished with a very small Adamsia. We took 

 females with ova in March and August. A Bopyrus 

 is occasionally found in the branchial chambers. 



EUPAGURUS PUBESCENS. 



Pagurus pubescens, Kroyer, Conspect. Crust. Groenl. Naturh. 

 Tidsskr. ii., p. 251. 



Pagurus Thompson!, Bell, Brit. Crust, p. 372. 



Eupagurus pubescens, Stinipson, Proc. Acad. Nat. So. Phil., 

 1858, p. 75. 



Eupagurus Kroyeri, Stinipson, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. vol. vii., 

 p. 89 (var.J. 



Common in 5-35 fathoms on hard ground, in many 

 localities as far up as the Gareloch ; especially abund- 

 ant and fine on the Skelmorlie Bank. The variety 

 with the chelipedes and limbs almost destitute of 

 hairs (E. Kroijeri, Stim.^ also occurs along with the 

 type. This species frequently inhabits shells which 

 are completely enveloped by the sponge Ilymeni- 

 addon suberea, Bow., though E. Bernhardus is also 

 occasionally found in the same situation. 



EUPAGURUS CUANENSIS. 



Pagurus cuanensis, Thompson, Brit. Assoc. Rep., 1843, p. 267. 

 —Bell, Brit. Crust., p. 178. 



