92 HISTORY OF BRITISH CRUSTACEA. 



Gen. 30. PALINURUS, Fair. 



Carapace spiny, its front margin with two thick, horn-like 

 spines projecting over the eyes and the base of the antennas. 

 Outer antennae very long and thick, the basal joints very 

 large and spiny. Legs all ending in one toe. Middle of 

 the front of the carapace with a small more or less project- 

 ing, beak-like tooth. 



Palinurus vulgaris.* Spiny Lobster. (Plate VI. fig. 2.) 

 — The lateral horns of the front smooth above and armed 

 below with many sharp little teeth. 



Of a purplish-brown, with dull white spots. 



Common on the southern coasts of England aud Ireland, 

 whence it is sent to the London market, where it is much 

 esteemed as food. Mr. Couch (' Cornish Fauna/ p. 77) 

 says that its long and unyielding antennas frequently hinder 

 it from entering the Crab-pots. He adds that, "keeping 

 in companies, it also gets entangled in the trammel net, and 

 in some abundance on the fishermen's lines." It is often 

 called the Craw-fish, and sometimes the Red Crab. 



* Cancer Homarus, L. ; Palinurus quadricornis, Fair.; Palinurus vul- 

 garis, Lair. 



