436 STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA 



I. Panulirus guttatus. 



Panulirus guttatus . . Latreille, Spence Bate. 

 Palinurus guttatus . . Latreille, H. Milne Edwards, 



Olivier, Lamarck, Des- 



rnarest. 



Guinea bird lobsteT\ 



,, , , \ . Barbados, 



(local name) J 



Antennary segment is armed with tw'o very large 

 conical teeth, sometimes preceded by two rudimentary 

 spines. Carapace very spinous ; two spines upon 

 the median line of the gastric region, near the base 

 of the frontal horns, and on each side of these last, 

 upon the anterior border of the carapace, are two teeth 

 nearly as large. Anterior border of the epistome is 

 armed with three subequal conical teeth, separated 

 by a series of small teeth. Peduncle of the external 

 antennae very spinous below. The second pair of legs 

 the longest, the first pair the thickest. Abdomen 

 smooth, presenting near the middle of each segment 

 a transverse piliferous groove that is not interrupted 

 upon the median line in the three first segments. The 

 lateral horns of the abdomen are produced to a single 

 tooth. 



The colour is green spotted with jellow ; the 

 two last joints of legs are striped longitudinally with 

 orange and green. The large spines are tipped with 

 vermilion. The base of the legs, the anterior margin 

 of each abdominal segment, the swimming organ, and 

 the abdominal appendage are marked with orange- 

 red. 



Range. — West Indies, Barbados, Isle of France, New 

 Holland, St. Paul's Rocks. 



