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SQUILLADJE. 



identity of the Mediterranean Marine Fauna with that of 

 our southern coast. The same fact is recorded by Mr. 

 Couch in his Cornish Fauna. 



I am lately informed by Mr. A. G. More of Bembridge, 

 Isle of Wight, and of Trinity College, Cambridge, that it has 

 also been taken repeatedly off Bembridge, by the fishermen 

 of that place, on a muddy bottom grown over with "grass" 

 (zostera) ; and from a sketch with which that gentleman 

 has favoured me, and the testimony of the fishermen, it 

 would appear that it has there attained nearly the size of 

 those taken in the Mediterranean ; whilst those found on 

 the coast of Cornwall have not exceeded two inches and 

 a quarter. 



From the authorities already quoted, we learn that this 

 species abounds amongst the rocks near the coast, in com- 

 pany with various Palemonidae ; and Roux informs us that 

 it is commonly eaten fried, with such smaller Macroura. 

 Its habits are wholly nocturnal, as it hides itself always 

 during the day. Its eggs are deposited in March and 

 August. 



The colours of this species are described as very pleasing. 

 The general tint is a yellowish brown ; the pincers white, 

 with a slight hue of rose. The scales of the antennse 

 and those of the tail are fringed with long rose-coloured 

 cilia. Two remarkable varieties are mentioned one of a 

 delicate rose-colour, and the other a deep yellow, slightly 

 varied with brown. 



