THE CRUSTACEANS 



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habits and life history of onr lobsters, together with beautiful 

 figures, are given by Francis H. Herrick in the "Bulletin of the 



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fig- 5,?/ SPINY LOBSTEE. Tortugas, Florida. 



United States Fish Commission," Vol. XV, 1895, and an estimate 

 of their wandering habits, and the extent to which they are subject 

 to destruction is given by Hermon C. Bumpus in the same publi- 

 cation. Vol. XIX, p. 225, 1899. 



The Spiny Lobster, (T'anulivus argus. Fig. 53), is common in 

 the Bermudas, Florida and West Indies, where it lives in rocky 

 crevices in shallow water. It is highly esteemed in the market and 

 appears also to be greatly appreciated by any wandering shark 

 that can capture it It is often called the clawless lobster, for it 

 has only five pairs of long delicate walking feet, which lack claws. 

 The second pair of feelers is provided with sliarp spines, and is 

 stouter and longer than in our northern lobster. There are tAvo 

 curved sharp-pointed spines directed forward over the eyes, and 

 there are also numerous short ones over the back and sides, espe- 

 cially near the forward end of the liody. The creature is strikingly 

 mottled with blue, rich yellow and brown, and there are a pair of 



