CEUSTACEA. 473 



eightli of an incli in length, and in another capsnle a second her- 

 mit crab of similar size, bnt not ensconced in a shell. 



This crab is very generally distributed on European coasts. 

 PAGtrETrs Peideausii (Prideaux's Hermit Crab.) — Leach, Malac, 

 Brit. t. xxvi, pp. 5, 6; Milne Edwards, Sist. des Crust., t. ii 

 p. 255 ; Bell, Rist. Brit. Stalh-JEyed Crust., p. 175. 



"More scarce than the last. 



" I have examined a specimen with a line of hairs encom- 

 passing the thorax (pereion), with a few rather long fibres 

 also pointing forwards from the first segment of the abdomen 

 (pleon) ; but further observation is necessary to decide whether 

 it be a distinct species." 



This species was first taken by Prideaux, in Plymouth Sound. 

 Since then it has been found on many parts of the coast. 



It is frequently found associated with a sea anemone on its 

 shell, (Adamsia maculata.) It is not unfrequently associated also 

 with a nereid annelid andanamphipodous crustacean. I have seen 

 the annelid come out of the shell when the crab was feeding and 

 steal his food from him. 

 PAGUiius CTTANENSis. — Thompson; Bell, Stalk-Eyed Crust., p. 178. 



Dredged off the coast in Whitsand Bay, near Plymouth. C.S.B. 



Report of Dredging Committee British Association, 1868. First 

 found in Ireland by Thomp son . Report Brit. Assoc., 1843,^.267. 

 PAGTJE.irs iTLiDiA]srus. — Thompson, Rep. Brit. Assoc, 1843^. 257; 

 Bell, BtalTi-Eyed Crust., p. 180. 



Off Plymouth. C.S.B. Rep. Brit. Assoc. 



I have little doubt but that the suggestion of Professor Bell 

 is correct, and that P. ulidianus is the young of some other 

 species, probably R. Bernhardus. 



Paotjeus HTNDMAJsrii. — Thompson, Rep. Brit. Assoc, 1843,^.267; 

 Bell, Stalk-Eyed Crust., p. 180. . 



P. fasciatus. — Bell, p. 374. 



Plymouth, dredge, near the "White Buoy, by Mr. Boswarva. 

 Pagiirus fasciatus is evidently this species also. 

 Pagueus l^vis. — Thompson, Rep. Brit, Assoc, 1843, p. 267; 

 Bell, Stalk-Eyed Crust., p. 184. 



Taken in a trawl near the Eddystone. C.S.B. 

 Pagtjeus dillwynii. — Spence Bate, Ann. Nat. Hist., \%5\, p. 320, 

 pi X, fig. II. Bell, Stalk-Eyed Crust., p. 377. 



Dredged off Plymouth. C.S.B. 



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