DEC A POD A. 



ANOMOURA. 



NOETHERN STONE-CRATi. 



165 

 homolad.t:. 



NORTHERN STONE-CRAB. 



Lithodes Mala. Leach. 



Specific character. — Rostrum furnished with eight spines ; one above, one be- 

 neath, and one on each side at the base, two about the middle, and terminating 

 in two, which are somewhat divergent. Carapace distinctly margined, with nu- 

 merous spines longer than those on the disk. Abdomen membranaceous, with 

 crustaceous patches representing the joints; the first and last joint entirely 

 crustaceous. 



Cancer Maia, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 1046, 41. Herbst. T. t. xv. f. 87, p. 219. 



„ horridtis, Penn. Brit. IV. t. vii. f. 14, p. 7. 

 Inaclms Maia, Fabr. Suppl. p. 358. 



Lithodes arctica, Latr. Gen. Crust. &c. I. p. 40. Edw. Hist, des Cnist. II. 

 p. 186. 

 „ Maia, Leach, Trans. Lin. Soc. xi. p. .332. Malac. Brit. t. xxiv. 



The form of the carapace is cordate, longer than it is 

 broad, exclusive of the rostrum ; the margin somewhat 



