SPOTTED LEUCOSIA Leucosia hcematosticd. 

 URANIA-CRAB. Leucosia Urania. 



KEELED CRAB. Myra tanndto. 



in a narrow but deep notch near the eyes. In common with nearly all this genus, it is 

 a native of the Philippines. 



The upper figure represents a much smaller species of the same genus, in which are 

 observable the same characteristics which have already been mentioned, namely, the very 

 small and narrow snout, the round and flask-like body, the strong claw-feet, and the very 

 small size of the external antennae, which cannot be seen from the upper surface. 



On the extreme right hand of the illustration is shown a strange, long-armed 

 crustacean which is called the KEELED CKAB on account of the form into which its 

 carapace is moulded, being pinched, as it were, into a kind of keel throughout its length. 



In this crab the chief points of interest are the apparently shapeless carapace, which 

 is moulded as if squeezed out of clay by a single grasp of the hand, and the very long 

 claw-feet. In consequence of this latter structure, the Japanese call one of the species of 

 this gpnus, the Tenko-gani, or Long-handed Crab. In this creature, as in the last, there 

 is no appearance of external antennae when viewed from the upper surface, the claws are 

 feeble in proportion to the long and somewhat powerful limbs to which they are attached, 

 and the end of the carapace is drawn out into a long and sharp point. This species 

 inhabits the Philippines. 



THE Nut-crabs are members of the same family, and are found off the British shores. 

 PENNANT'S NUT-CKAB is generally to be caught in about fifteen fathoms of water. It is 

 rather a sluggish and inactive species, burying itself 'in the sand or mud at the bed of the 

 sea, much after the fashion of the toad, and only leaving its eyes and claws at liberty 

 to act. Thus it sits and waits for prey, behaving much like the ant-lion in its 

 pitfall of sand. It seldom moves about except at night, and even when it does travel, 

 its motions are very slow and deliberate. It is rather a pretty little crab, being of a 

 tolerably bright yellow, with a red patch on the snout. 



This, and other species of the same genus, are often found in the stomachs of 

 marine fish, and as the shell is very hard, specimens are discovered in a good state 

 of preservation. 



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