22 ASTACUS. LOBSTER. Class V. 



2. HoMAP.vs. Cancel. Lin. Syst. 1053. Gm. Ilcrlst. Cane. ii. 84. t. 31. 



Spiny. Lin. 2988. /.I. 



Locusta. la Langonste. Ru7i- Pallnuius homarus. Bosc. 



del. pise. 535. Hist. nat. des Crust, ii. Q2. 



L. with a broad front, armed with two large 

 spines, and between them a smaller, guards to 

 the eyes, which are prominent ; antmiide longer 

 than body and tail, spiny at their origin ; be- 

 neath them two lesser; claws short, small, 

 smooth ; fangs small, single, hinged ; legs slen- 

 der and smooth ; body and thorax horrid with 

 spines ; tail longer than that of the common 

 Lobster \ on each part, above, is a white spot, 

 the bottoms are crooked and serrated ; the 

 tail-fin, partly membranaceous, partly crusta- 

 ceous. 



Inhabits our rocky coasts ; often taken about 

 the promontory of Llyn., and Bar^dsey isle. 



The French name of this species has been 

 barbarously translated into the Long-oyster. 

 Tab. xii. 



g. Arctus. C. Lin. syst. 1053. No. 75. SquiUa lata. Rondel. 545. 

 Broad. Cm. Lin. 29g3. Faun. Suec. Herhst. Cane. ii. 80. t. 30. 



No. 2040. /.I. 



L. Avith two broad serrated plates before the 

 eyes ; short furcated antewKS; body and tail 

 flat and broad. 



