DROMIA VULGARIS. 



869 



DECAPOD A. 



ANOMOURA. 



DROMIA DjE. 



Dromia vulgaris^ Edwards, 



Specific Cliaracter, — Carapace broader than it is long ; latero-anterior margin 

 with four strong teeth, the second having a tubercle at its base ; the last joint of 

 the abdomen in the male broader than it is long. 



Cancer dromia, 

 Dromia RumpMi, 



Dromia vulgaris. 



" Olivi Zool. Adriat. p. 45" (M. Edw.). 



Bosc, Hist, des Crust. I. p. 229. — Desmar. Consider. 



sur les Crust, p. 137. — Blainv. Fauna Franc. Crust. 



t. vii. fig. 1. — Risso, Hist. Nat. de TEur. Merid. V. p. 



32 Edw. Reg. anim, de Cuv. Edit. 3. Crust. II. f. 1. 



Edw, Hist, Nat. des Crust. II. p. 173. 



This species, which has at length been undoubtedly proved 

 to inhabit our southern shores, and probably too in consi- 

 derable numbers, has the carapace strongly knobbed above, 

 especially at the anterior portion, and very much raised 

 so as to approach the globular form ; the front with three 

 teeth, which become less prominent by age ; there is a 



