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The Cancer horridus of Linnaeus is certainly different 

 from the C horridus of Pennant. It is well figm-ed in 

 Seba. 



Lady Aylesford and Colonel Montague have found it on 

 our coasts; indeed it is not very rare. Pennant's C. horridus, 

 under the above circumstances requiring a new name, might 

 be called C. spinosissimus. It is again remarkable that 

 Gmelin has made a part of his Gfenferic Character in these 

 wordsj '' Cauda inermis;" whereas the thorax, legs and tail 

 of this are covered with spines. We have some idea of 

 fio-urina; it : as there is not a coloured figure of it amons; 

 British authors yet; and if we figure it, we may be able to 

 clear up all doubts. We have it from Hartlepool by favour 

 of our friend the Rev. James Dalton, and we know they 

 have been found in Scotland. It has been doubted whether 

 it is a British species. 



There is a specimen of our C. Maja in the museum of 

 Mr. Heaviside, Surgeon; under the name of C spinosus. 



Fig. 1. One of the hooked hairs magnified. 



Fig. 2. A worn toe of an old Crab, natural size. — The 

 callosity at the end becoming more conspicuous, parti- 

 cularly well observed in Seba's figures. 



