70 HISTORY OF BRITISH CRUSTACEA. 



the Litkodes antarcticus, as being abundant in Fuegia, 

 where it is found in water between two and three fathoms 

 in depth. It creeps along the bottom with sluggish mo- 

 tion, as it has neither legs nor appendages fitted for swim- 

 ming. 



Lithodes maia, Linn. sp. Northern Stone Crab. (Plate 

 V. fig. 2,) — Beak very long, at the end with two short di- 

 verging teeth ; legs and carapace covered with spines. 



Mr. Harris {' Zoologist/ 3002) describes a specimen newly 

 taken out of the water as being of a burnished dullish scarlet. 



Coast of Scotland ; and also dredged between the Isle of 

 Man and the Mull of Galloway. Spiny as this species is, 

 even in its young state, it becomes the prey of some of our 

 fishes, as it is occasionally found in their stomach. 



Fam. PAGURID^E, Leach. 



The greater part of the species of this family are remark- 

 able for the more or less complete state of softness of their 

 abdomen, the appendages of which are not symmetrical. 

 The two hind pairs of legs are short. The abdomen is long 

 and rather slender, almost entirely membranous, and rolled 

 on itself. The animal, in order to protect this soft part, 



