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STOMOPODA. 



SQUILLAD^. 



SqUILLADM. 



Squilla Desmarestii, Risso. 



Specific Cliaracier. — Prehensile finger with five teeth ; abdomen with four 

 longituJiniil crests, the middle portion smooth, excepting the sixth segment, 

 whicli has two additional elevations. 



Squilla Desmaroslii, 



Risso, Crust, de Nice, t. ii. fig. 8, p. 114. — Hist. Nat. 

 de I'Eur. Merid. V. p. 86. — Desm. Consid. sur les 



Crust, p. 251 Latr. Encycl. X. p. 471. — Roux, 



Crust, de la Medit. t. xl. — Edw. Hist. Nat. des 

 Crust. II. p. 523. — Couch, Cornish Fauna, p. 81. — 

 Yarrell, Loud. Mag. VI. p. 230. 



The present species of Squilla diifers in many striking 

 characters from the former. The carapace has nearly the 

 same general form, but is comparatively rather less narrowed 

 anteriorly ; it is less strongly marked, and the grooves and 



