86 HISTORY OF BRITISH CRUSTACEA. 



of the British species, GalatJiea strigosa,* remarks, that 

 although it is, generally speaking, very slow in its motions, 

 yet in swimming it darts from spot to spot with the ra- 

 pidity of an arrow. It seeks the shelter of stones, or some 

 hole in the rock to which it can withdraw on the slightest 

 alarm. Mr. Couch adds, "It is very remarkable to wit- 

 ness the accuracy with which they will dart backward, for 

 several feet, into a hole very little larger than themselves. 

 This I have often seen them do, and always with pre- 

 cision/' 



Gen. 27. GALATHEA, Fair. 

 Carapace with the surface covered with grooves, furnished 

 with small hairs. Beak prominent and spined on the sides. 

 Eyes large, without any trace of an orbit. Eront legs large, 

 long, and depressed. Abdomen extended. (Plate \ I. fig. 1 a 

 shows its outer jaw-feet. Mr. Gosse, in his ' Tenby/ p. 169, 

 tabs. 7 and 8, figures the young of Galathea in two stages ; 

 the latter figure bears considerable resemblance to the adult 

 animal, while the former has no resemblance to it, with its 

 long spine projecting from the forehead, and two spines from 

 the hind part of the carapace.) 



* History of British Stalk-eyed Crustacea, p. 202. 



