NORWAY LOBSTER. 



DECAPODA. 



MACRO us A. 



251 



ASTACIDM. 



NORWAY LOBSTER. 



Nephrops norvegicus. Leach. 



Cancer norvegicus, Linn, Syst. Nat. I. 1058. — Herbst, II. t. xxvi. f. 3. 



Astacus „ Fabr. Eiit. 418.— Penn. Brit. Zool. (8vo.) IV. t. xiii. f. 



l,p.23. 

 Nephrops „ Leach, Edinb. Encycl. VII. p. 400. — Id. Trans. Lin. 



Soc. XI. p. 344.— Malac. Pod. Brit. t. xxvi.— Edw. 



Hist, Nat. Crust. II. p. 336. 



The body of this elegant species is elongated and sub- 

 cylindrical ; the cephalo-thorax compressed at the sides ; 

 the surface slightly pubescent : the gastric region is 

 armed with seven lines of points, of which the outermost 



