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ASTACUS. LOBSTER. Class V. 



Inhabits the coasts of Kent; is sold in Lo?!- 

 do7i under the name of the white shrimp, as it 

 assumes that color when boiled. 



iO. Cram- Cancer Crangon. Lin. Syst. 



GON. JQ32. Cm. Lin. SQSy. 



Shnmp. ., .„ . -r, „ 



bquilla marina Jiatava. Baster. 



ii. 27. tal. in. Jig. 1. 11. 



RcBsel i?isect. iii. tal. Ixiil. 

 Herlst. Cunc. ii. 75- ^. 2| 



/. 3. 4. 

 Crangon vulg. Bosc. ii. 96. 



L. with long slender feelers, and between them 

 two thin projecting lamincB ; claws with a single 

 hooked moveable fang ; three pair of legs ; 

 seven joints in the tail ; the middle caudal fin 

 subulated; the four others rounded and fring- 

 ed ; a spine on the exterior side of each of the 

 outmost. 



Inhabits the sandy shores of Britain, in vast 

 quantities. The most delicious of the genus. 

 Tab. xvi. Jig. 2. 



11. LiNEA- Cancer. Lin. Sysf. 1056} J^S-^- 



^is- Lesser garnel or shrimp. Mar- Herhst. Cane. ii. 142. 



■^"^^'^'"' tens Spitzherg. 115. (al. P. f.Q.A. 10. B. 



t. 26. 



L. with long slender claws, placed very near the 

 head, with a slender body, and six legs on 

 each side ; is about half an inch long. 



Found in the sand, on the shore oi Flint - 

 shire; is very frequent in Spitzbergen. Tab, 

 xvii. f.g. 2. 



