Class V. CANCER. CRAB, 11 



Iierlst. Cane. 235. I7. Tetra- 



ODON. 



Cr. with a quadri-furcated snout; the two mid- '^"^^''-f"^^^^- 

 die spines the longest; thorax spiny; body- 

 heart-shaped and uneven; claws long; legs 

 slender. "-^ ''^■--■-^ 



Inhabits the Isle of Wight. Tab, viii. Jig. 2» 



Cancer. Lin. sysl. 1044. Gm. Faun. Suec. No. 2030. Jon- 18. Arane- 

 Lin. 2976. sion Exang. tab. v. Jig. 13. ^.^ 



Herlst. Canc.206. t.l3.f.8\. 



Cr. with a bifid snout; bristly thorax; body, 

 heart-shaped, and tuberculated ; claws long 

 and oblongly ovated ; legs slender, long and 

 subulated. Tab. \x. Jig. I. 



Inhabits our shores. Often covered with a 

 byssus, as in specimen. Tab. ix. Jig. 2, v ,; 



Cancer. Scorpio. Gm. Lin. 2978. Herlst. Cane 237- IP- Phalajj- 



Lin. Tr. vi. 389. ^-31. „/ ^^j^'l* - , 



■ iilenaer-leg a. 



Cr. with a bifid snout; heart-shaped, small tu- 

 berculated body ; long claws ; legs of a vast 

 length, very slender, and hairy. 



Inhabits the depths on the coasts of An- 

 glesey.* Tab. ix. Jg. 3. 



* Invests itself occasionally in leaves of Fuci to ensnare its 

 prey.. Ed. - i/;., .0 -.:i;;^i , r \ .i;:-i .;Vi.^.o , '. .'j. - -.hji.^ 



