70 LIST OF MALACOSTRACA PODOPHTHALMA. 



3. PoxiTVisvs corru(/atiis, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 7, figs. 1-2. Wrinkled 

 crab. PeM?^. Brit. Zool. iv. tab. 5, fig 9. Berwick Bay, rare. Dr 

 Johnston. 



4. PoiiTUNUs plicatus, Milne Edwards' Hist, ties Crust, part 1, p. 442. 



Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. tab. 4, fig. G, a. Occasionally brouglit from 

 deep water in Embloton Bay, adhering to the nets of the fishermen. 



5. PoKTUisrus marmoreus, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 8. Marble crab. Penn. 



Brit. Zool. iv. pi. 2, fig. G. Occasionally met with in the same way 

 as the preceding. 



6. G \:scER paffurus, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 10. Common crab. Penn. 



Brit. Zool. pi. 3, fig. 7. This is the only species used as food on 

 these coasts ; it is taken in vast quantities, and during the whole 

 year. 



7. Pinnotheres pisunt, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 14. Pea crab. Penn 



Brit. Zool. iv. pi. 1, fig. 1. Inhabits bivalve shells, chiefly those 

 of the common mussel. I have taken it also from the Cardium 

 Icsvigatum, the only specimen of the shell that has occurred to me. 

 It is by no means vincommon in the mussels obtained at Holy 

 Island, but all are females. 



8. Pinnotheres Cranchii, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 14, figs. 4-5. A single 



specimen has only come under our notice ; it was brought from 

 Eyemouth by the Eev. Mr TurnbuU. 



9. M.ACROVO'DiA.phakmffium, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 23, fig. 6. Slender- 



legged crab. Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. pi. 9, fig. 17. Common. 



10. Macropodia tenuirostris. Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 14. This is of 



much less frequent occurrence than the preceding ; it is easily 

 distinguished from it by the length of the rostrum, and by the 

 spines on the inner side of the claws. 



11. LiTHODES Maja, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 24. Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. pi. 



8, fig. 14. This beautiful crab is not uncommon in Embleton 

 Bay. The male is at once distinguished by the length of the 

 claws and size of the spines ; the females, however, are much 

 more numerous, not above one male occurring in five or six. They 

 are called LLarpers by the fishers. 



12. Ebalia Pennantii, 1 each, Mai. Brit. tab. 25, figs. 1-6. Uneven crab. 



Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. pi. 9, a, fig. 19. Rare. A single specimen, 

 taken at Redheugh, Berwickshi 'e, in the collection of Dr Johnston, 

 and another in my own, taken in Embleton Bay, are the only ones 

 that have come under my notice. In both, which are females, the 

 abdominal covering is marked with two rows of bright scarlet 

 spots, a character not noticed by Dr Leach. 



13. Hyas araneus, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 21, A. Spider crab. Penn. 

 Brit. Zool. iv. pi. 9, fig. 16. Common. Grenerally covered with 

 fuci and corallines. 



14. Hyas coarctatus, Leach, Mai. Brit. tab. 21, b. Berwick Bay. Dr 



Johnston. 



