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PINNOTHERID^E. 



DEC APOD A. 

 BRACHYURA. 



PINNOTHER1DJE. 



i. . 



2. tl. 



Pinnotheres veterum. Leach. Male and Female. 



PINNA PEA-CRAB. 



Pinnotheres veterum. 



Specific diameter. Male. Carapace subquadrate, rounded, the front slightly 

 emarginate. Female. Carapace broader than it is long ; abdomen broadly 

 ovate, longer than it is broad. 



Pinnotheres veterum, 



Pinna, 

 Montagui, 



Bosc, Hist. Nat. des Crust. I. 243. LEACH, Malac. 



Brit. t. xv. f. 1,2, 3, 4, 5. EDW. Hist des Crust. 



II. p. 32. 



LEACH, Edinb. Encycl. VII. p. 431. V. THOMP- 

 SON, Ent. Mag. III. p. 89. 

 LEACH, Malac. Brit. t. xv. f. 6. EDW. 1. c. p. 32. 



THE male of this species has the carapace less solid than 

 P. Pisum, rather broader than it is long, rounded, slightly 

 quadrate, with the front slightly emarginate ; the hands 

 are ovate, with the fingers arched ; the remaining feet very 

 similar to those of P. Pisum. The abdomen gradually 

 and evenly decreasing towards the extremities, the last 



