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Pa gurus Prideauxii, Leaeh. Prideaux's Hermit Crab. 

 — Second and third pairs of legs with the edges nearly 

 smooth; their tarsal joint straightish, grooved on the sides, 

 and very gradually diminishing in thickness towards the 

 end. Hands simply granulated. 



First sent from Plymouth Sound by Mr. Prideaux to Dr. 

 Leach, who named it after him. It has been found in other 

 parts of the English, Irish, and Scottish coasts. The shell, 

 inhabited by this Hermit Crab, is frequently parasitically 

 invested by the curious Adamsia maculata. The Eev. 

 Alfred Norman finds it to be very abundant in the Clyde ; 

 he says, " I have never found the Adamsia associating with 

 P. Bernhardus" 



Pa gurus Cuanensis, Thompson. — Pore feet unequal, 

 hispid, spinous; the palpus of the outer antennae as long as 

 the eye-stalk ; their basal tooth denticulate on the inner 

 side, half as long as the palpus. 



A. species found by Mr. Thompson at Portaferry and in 

 Bangor Bay, and by Dr. Drummond in Belfast Bay. The 

 Bev. G. Gordon finds it in the Moray Pirth, and Mr. Eyton 

 off the Isle of Man. The Bev. Alfred Norman finds it fre- 

 quent at Weymouth, and at Cumbrae, and Lamlash Bay in 

 the Pirth of Clyde. 



