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claws ; the third, fourth, and fifth pairs one-clawed — the 

 fourth and fifth pairs much stronger than the others. Ab- 

 domen very large. 



Crangox vulgaris.* Common Shrimp. (Plate VIII. 

 fig. 2.) — Second pair of legs nearly as long as the third. 

 Carapace and abdomen nearly quite smooth ; there is a 

 small spine on the stomachal region, and one above each 

 branchial region. Middle plate of fin pointed, and not 

 grooved above. 



It is in spawn all the summer months ; the ova are of a 

 dirty-white colour. When alive of a greenish-grey, spotted 

 with brown. When boiled this does not become red like 

 most of the group. 



Common on the coast on sandy bottoms, in which it 

 buries itself by means of its hinder legs, which are stronger 

 than those preceding them ; it heaps the loose sand on itself 

 with the antennae. t This is the Shrimp caught in such 

 quantities on our coasts, and used as food. 



Crangon fasciatus, Eisso. Banded Shrimp. — A trans- 

 verse brown band on the fourth ring of the abdomen, which 

 is somewhat gibbous and considerably narrowed behind ; 



* Astacus Crangon, Herbst ; Crangon vulgaris, Fab?: 

 f Couch, ' Cornish Fauna,' p. 79. 



