DECAPODA. 



MACROURA. 



NORWAY LOBSTER. 



251 



AST ACID JE. 



Cancer norvegicus, 

 Astacus 



Nephrops 



NORWAY LOBSTER. 



Nephrops norvegicus. Leach. 



LINN, Syst. Nat. I. 1058. HERBST, II. t. xxvi. f. 3. 

 FABR. Ent. 418. PENN. Brit. Zool. (8vo.) IV. t. xiii. f. 



1, p. 23. 

 LEACH, Edinb. Encycl. VII. p. 400. ID. Trans. Lin. 



Soc. XI. p. 344. Malac. Pod. Brit. t. xxvi. EDW. 



Hist. Nat. Crust. II. p. 336. 



THE body of this elegant species is elongated arid sub- 

 cylindrical ; the cephalo-thorax compressed at the sides ; 

 the surface slightly pubescent : the gastric region is 

 armed with seven lines of points, of which the outermost 



