PENNANT'S EBALIA. 143 



tioned in the following terms by Mr. Embleton, in his 

 Catalogue of the Poclophthalmous Crustacea of Berwick- 

 shire and North Durham. " A single specimen, taken at 

 Redhaugh, Berwickshire, in the collection of Dr. John- 

 stone, and another in my own, taken in Embleton Bay, 

 are the only ones which have fallen 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." Its occurrence as an Irish species 

 is thus detailed by Mr. W. Thompson.* " Although this 

 species must be considered rare, it is less so than E. Bryerii 

 and E. Cranchii. A specimen (from Cork ?) is in Mr. J. 

 V. Thompson's collection. In September, 1836, one was 

 dredged up from deep water in Belfast Bay, by Mr. Hynd- 

 man, and subsequently another was similarly obtained 

 there by Dr. Drummond. Several were procured in the 

 same locality by the collectors attached to the Ordnance 

 Survey, who likewise dredged a specimen in Larne Loch. 

 To Mr. G. J. Allman I am indebted for one which he 

 found in Dublin Bay. Three examples of the E. Pen- 

 nantii were brought up alive in the dredge from a depth 

 of fifty fathoms, off the Mull of Galloway, by Captain 

 Beechey, R.N."f 



Its occurrence on the eastern coast of Scotland is also 

 well attested, and I have before me an immature female 

 specimen,! obtained by Mr. H. Goodsir, who notices its 

 being generally found on stony bottoms, and on fishing- 



* 'Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist.' vol. x. p. 286. f Ibid. vol. x. p. 21. 



The specimen here alluded to was considered by Mr. Goodsir as belonging 

 to a distinct species ; but from a careful examination of several specimens, I am 

 satisfied that it is the present species at an immature age. The form of the ab- 

 domen is the only character in which it differs, and this has the comparatively 

 narrowed form which always belongs to this part in the young female in all the 

 Brachyura. 



