PONTOPHILUS SPINOSUS. 
Tas. XXXVII.-—-a. 
P. thorace lineis quinque longitudinalibus spinosis ; tribus dorsalibus ; una utrinque laterali. 
Crangon spinosus. Leach Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. 346. 
Fig. 1. Pontophilus spinosus mag. nat. 2. Antenna inferior auct. 3. Antenna superior 
auct. 4. Pes anticus ampl. 5. Pedipalpus auct. 6. Pes secundus auct. 7. Pes tertius 
ampl, 8. Pes quartusauct. 9. Pes quintus amplificatus. 
This curious animal was discovered by C. Prideaux, Esq. amongst some rubbish dredged in 
the Sound of Plymouth, near the Edistone ; a second specimen was afterwards taken off Fal- 
mouth, by the late Mr. John Cranch, Zoologist to the Congo Expedition. 
Its natural color is unknown. 
