98 HISTORY OF BRITISH CRUSTACEA. 



at the tip, the inner plate truncated, hands furnished with 

 lines of hairs. 



Hab. Plymouth Sound and Moray Firth. In the latter 

 locality, according to the Rev, Mr. Gordon, it is more com- 

 mon than the Gebia stellata, of which however it may prove 

 to be only the female, as it is found associated with it in 

 the same burrows. Mr. Couch finds the remains of this 

 abundantly in the stomachs of rays and thornbacks, caught 

 in from thirty to fifty fathoms of water. 



Gen. 34. CALOCARIS, Bell. 



Eyes rudimentary, subglobose, without any pigment or 

 cornea. Outer antennae with a large triangular scale at the 

 base. First pair of legs very long, compressed; fingers very 

 long, slender, much flattened ; second pair with two toes ; 

 the others one-toed, long and slender. Carapace very large, 

 with a sharp beak. Abdomen long, compressed, enlarged 

 about the middle, contracted at each end. Central plate of 

 tail longer than broad, rounded. 



This remarkable form, first described by Professor Bell, is 

 founded on a species first dredged by Mr. M 'Andrew, in 

 compliment to whom it is named. 



