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made quite a W. [I obtained one very similar to 

 this in July 1901.] 



4. Sept. 19, 1899. A large claw at a fish- 

 monger^ was discovered to have an extra chelae 

 growing from below the fixed point, and almost at 

 right angles to it ; this at the end looked very like a 



Jleur de Us. It was despatched to Cambridge. 



5. (a) The small claw of an Edible Crab, had a 

 V-shaped point, very like a Swallow's tail. 



(b) Another possessed two points, both free, and 

 working as if on a hinge. [Sept. 17, 1900.] 



6. April 13, 1901. The oddest malformation I 

 have yet obtained was a small claw of a large Edible 

 Crab. It possessed three distinct points, and had 

 two separate joints, i.e. a V-shaped point that worked 

 on its own hinge, and the single point on its own 

 distinct pivot. 



7. May 27, 1901. The pincer claw of a Crab 

 had on the free chelae near its point a large knobbed 

 process as large as a bean. When closed the claw 

 had the appearance of grasping a big black bead. 



8. Sept. 8, 1903. A big claw from a large 

 Crab had a point growing out from near the centre 

 of the last section, or " palm," and at right angles 

 to the fixed chelae. Between them protruded a 

 small point. After being exhibited at a Zoological 

 Society's meeting, this specimen was handed over to 

 the Natural History Museum. 



9. On the same date a second came to hand, 

 having the fixed chelae short and stumpy, yet very 

 sharp at the end. Held sideways in the hand, the 



