NATURALISTS CABINET. 



Plated lobster Atam ditto. Flea ditto. 



tivc! But most strange of all, an animal endow- 

 ed with a vital principle that furnishes such limbs 

 as have been cut away, and keeps continually 

 combating, though in constant repair, to renew 

 its engagements ! Yet these are but a small part 

 of the wonders of the deep, where Nature sports 

 without a spectator." 



The plated lobster has a pyramidal, spiny 

 snout; the thorax elegantly plated, each plate 

 being marked near its junction with short striae ; 

 the claws much longer than the body, thick, 

 echinated, and tuberculated ; the upper fang tri- 

 fied ; only three spiny legs on their sides, and the 

 tail broad. The largest of this species is about 

 six inches long. It inhabits the coasts of Angle- 

 sea, under stones and fuci. It is very active, 

 and, if taken, flaps its tail against the body with 

 much violence and noise. 



The atam lobster has a slender body; filiform 

 antennae ; three pair of legs near the head, be- 

 hind which are two pair of oval vesicular ; beyond 

 are three pair of legs, and a slender tail between 

 the last pair. It is very minute, and the help 

 of the microscope is often necessary for its in- 

 spection. 



The flea lobter has five pair of legs, and two 

 claws imperfect, with twelve joints of the body. 

 It is very common in fountains and rivulets ; 

 swims very swiftly in an incurvated posture on 

 its back ; embraces and protects its young be- 

 tween its legs, but does not leap. 



