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generally kill every one they get ; it is blamed for eating the 

 bait from the hooks of the long lines, to the great annoyance 

 and loss of the fishermen. 

 Hyas coarctatus Leach. 



Hyas coarctatus, Bell, Brit. Stalk-eyed Crust., p. 35, 1853. A 

 fairly common species, from the laminarian zone outwards. 



Leptopodid^]. 



Stenorhynchus rostratics, Linne. 



Stenorhynchus rostratus, Norman, Mus. Nor., pt. iii. p. 6, 1886. 



Stenorhynchus phalangium, Bell, Brit. Stalk-eyed Crust., p. % 

 1853. Firth of Forth, on mud and sand, generally distri- 

 buted (Howden • L* & EL) ; common in the vicinity of 

 Inchkeith (S.F.B.). 



Parthenopimi. 



Eurynome aspera (Pennant). 



Eurynome aspera, Bell* Brit. Stalk-eyed Crust., p. 46, 1853. Off 

 Prestonpans and Portseaton (Howden ; L. & H.). 



Cancrid^ 



Cancer pagur us, Linne, 



Cancer paugurs, Bell, Brit. Stalk^eyed Crust., p. 59, 1853. 

 Common in the laminarian and littoral zones (L. & H.). 

 Occasionally in the trawl-net (S.F.B.). 



Portunid^:, 



Portunus puber (Linne)* 



Portunus puber, Bell, Brit. Stalk-eyed Crust., p. 90, 1853. One 

 specimen on the deep-sea lines) from the mouth of the Forth 

 (L. & H.) 

 Portunus depurator (Linne). 



Portunns depurator, Bell^ Brit. Stalk-eyed Crust., p, 101, 1853. 

 A common species throughout the estuary. 

 Portunus marmoreus, Leach. 



Portunus marmoreus, Bell, Brit. Stalk-eyed CrUst., p* 105, 1853. 

 Portobello and Musselburgh beaches (Howden; L. & IS..). 

 Taken occasionally in the dredge, in the vicinity of Inch- 

 keith, and in the trawl west of May Island (S.F.B.). 

 Portunus holsatus, Fabricius. 



Portunus holsatus, Bell, Brit. Stalk-eyed Crust., p. 109, 1853. 

 Dr Leach found one amongst a number of specimens of 

 Portunus depurator at Newhaven (L. & II.). One of the species 

 commonly met with on the ' Oyster Banks ' (Henderson).* 

 Portunus pusillus, Leach. 



Portunus pusillus, Bell, Brit. Stalk-eyed Crust, p. 112, 1853. 

 Off Prestonpans (Howden). We have frequently dredged it 

 near Inchkeith, &c. (L. & H.). Largo Bay (S.F.B.). 



* Decapod and Schizopod Crustacea of the Clyde, p. 10. 



