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STOMOPODA. 



SQUILLAD.E. 



SQUILL AD &. 



Squilla Desmarestii, E-isso. 



Specific Cliaracter. Prehensile finger with, five teeth ; abdomen with four 

 longitudinal crests, the middle portion smooth, excepting the sixth segment, 

 which has two additional elevations. 



Squilla Desmareslii, 



Risso, Crust, de Nice, t. ii. fig. 8, p. 114. Hist. Nat. 

 de PEur. Merid. V. p. 86. DESM. Consid. sur les 

 Crust, p. 251. LATR. Encycl. X. p. 471. Roux, 

 Crust, de la Medit. t. xl. EDW, Hist. Nat. des 

 Crust. II. p. 523. COUCH, Cornish Fauna, p. 81. 

 YARRELL, Loud. Mag. VI. p. 230. 



THE present species of Squilla differs in many striking 

 characters from the former. The carapace has nearly the 

 same general form, but is comparatively rather less narrowed 

 anteriorly ; sit is less strongly marked, and the grooves and 



