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CANCER. CRAB. 



Class V. 



13. Floki- 



DUS. 



Purplish 

 Irouin. 



Antennae of the length of the body ; the claws 

 above ; as long again as the body : feet subu- 

 lated. Tab. vii. J7g. inf. 



The supposed female ; of the same form ; only 

 the claws not half so long. Tab. \\i.Jig. sup. 



Inhabits the deep near Holyhead and Ked- 

 Wharf, Anglesey. Dredged up. 



Cancer. Gm. Lin. 2968. Lin. Tr. ix. 85. t. 2.f. 1, Jig. 120. 

 Sel. JSlus. iii. t. \g. f. 18. Herlst. Cane. 264. t. 21. 



* C R. with a front slightly emarginate : AntenncB 

 minute; thorax quadrilobate, smooth, uneven, 

 of a purplish brown ; claws large and strong ; 

 legs eight, short; length two inches, breadth 

 two inches and an half. 



Sent from Scotland to Mr. Montag-u. 



16. Maja. Cancer Maja. Gm. Lin. SgjQ- 

 Spinous. c. spinosus. Seh. Mus. iii. 

 tal. xxii. f. 1. Gronov. 

 Zooph. No. 973. 



Fans, Trold Crabber. Ponfop, 

 Norway n. I76. tah.p. I77, 

 Herlst. Cane. 2lQ. t. 15. f. 87. 

 C. horridus. Br. Zool. iv. 7. 



Cr. with a projecting bifurcated snout, the end 

 diverging ; body heart-shaped ; and with the 

 claws and legs covered with long and very 

 sharp spines. A large species. 



Inhabits the rocks on the eastern coast of 

 Scotland. Common to NGTway and Scotland, 

 as many of the marine animals and birds are. 

 Tab. viii. Jig. 1 . . 



