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banded with red ; the eyes are black ; the antenna? and 

 legs are red, and the tail-plates are dotted with red. I am 

 indebted to the Rev. Alfred M. Norman for the following 

 note. "This beautiful Crustacean occurs in the British 

 channel at Clevedon, occasionally in great abundance. It 

 was called by the fishermen who procured them for me, 

 ' the White Shrimp/ It is taken in nets suspended from 

 poles, and placed near the mouth of the little stream that 

 runs into the channel at ' the Pill ;' these nets are set to 

 take Shrimps, Sprats, and other fish, which the tide as it 

 goes out leaves in them. Although the fisherman is always 

 on the spot to secure his fish as the tide recedes, he assures 

 me he has never once seen a Pasij)/iaa alive. I conclude 

 therefore that they cannot bear exposure to the air, and die 

 instantly on leaving the water. Colour white, and the 

 appearance jelly-like ; the antennae, articulations of the 

 abdomen, pedipalps, hands, and caudal laminae are more or 

 less coloured with rich crimson, as Risso has described 

 Mediterranean examples. It is a most lovely and remark- 

 able species." 



Gen. 47. PENJLUS, Fair, sp. 

 Body much compressed ; inner antennae short, first joint 



