206 Mr. Broderip on the Habits of Paguri. 



" of the land* or sea, and cover themselves almost over in it, carrying it on 

 " their backs wherever they go, like a snail. It is not possible to 

 " believe how quick the land-crabs and this crab will run upon the least 

 " appearance of danger. Till they are turned up, nothing appears but 

 " a dead shell, the mouth of which lies undermost, out of which some 

 *' little part of the crab appears after it is taken up." 



Hughesf speaks more pointedly of the terrestrial habits of the Soldier 

 Crab : — " This is amphibious. Sometimes it is caught upon the rocks 

 " at a considerable distance from the lemd ; but they are most com- 

 " monly seen upon the shore. These are often found cleaving to rocks 



m the sea, but oftener in granaries on shore, where they destroy much 

 " corn." 



Catesby gives a figure of Pagurus Diogenes in the shell of Turbo 

 Pica ; and thus describes the habits of the animals : J — " They crawl 

 " very fast with their shell on their back ; and at the approach of dan- 

 " ger draw themselves within the shell ; and thrusting out the larger 

 " claw in a defensive posture, will pinch very hard whatever molests 

 " them. They frequent most those parts of the sea-shores which are 

 " covered with trees and shrubs, producing various wild fruits, on which 

 " they subsist ; though I have seen them feed on the fragments of fish 

 " and other animal substances cast on shore. They being roasted in the 

 " shell are esteemed delicate. I do not remember to have seen any of 

 " them go into the sea." 



Browne § mentions both species under the names of " The Soldier" 

 and " The common Soldier," and says of the latter, " It is very common 

 " in all the harbours of Jamaica." 



Linnaeus|| says of the Diogenes, " Habitat in oceano Asiatico, Ameri- 

 " cano, intra testas varias Cochlearum." 



Cuvier, speaking of the genus Pagurus, (Fabr.) after mentioning uni- 

 valve shells as their usual coverings, says,^ " Quelques especes se logent 



* At tab. 240, Sloane gives four figures of these animals in land-shells, 



t Nat, Hist, of Barbadoes, p. 265, et seq. 



J Carolina, vol. II. p. 33, t. 33. 



§ Nat. Hist, of Jamaica, p. 424. 



II Syst. Nat. p. 1049.— 58. 



% R6gne Animal, Tome III. p. 29. 



