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usually pink. The crustaceous covering very thin. Mov- 

 able finger of the large claw blunt and scarcely toothed 

 beneath ; wrists and hands smooth; middle plate of caudal 

 fin very broad, but much shorter than the side pieces. 

 Length two inches (exclusive of arms) . 



First found by Colonel Montagu, at the depth of nearly 

 two feet beneath the surface, on a sandbank in the estuary 

 of Kingsbridge. It seems to be not uncommon in the 

 Moray .Firth, as parts of it are often found in the stomach 

 of the Haddock. (Rev. G. Gordon in 'Zoologist/ 3684.) 



Gen. 32. AXIUS, Leach. 



Outer antennae nearly as long as the body, the peduncle 

 furnished above with a small movable "spine; inner an- 

 tennae with two setae nearly as long as the carapace; outer 

 foot-jaws rather slender, pediform joints nearly of equal 

 length. Front feet unequal, compressed, two-toed, the 

 other pairs slender, compressed, simple : carapace much 

 compressed ; abdomen rounded above, the five intermediate 

 joints of nearly equal length ; . the caudal joint elongate-tri- 

 angular. 



Axius stirhynchus, Leach. Slow S/irimp. — Beak short, 



