S8 OlUi HAItVINOhiXIKWI, FHIi'.Nns. 



Ono of ilioBO, iiyt'llovv-hi'owii hikw'kih wlioHiuiiinipiKMi 

 moiiBuruH about iiti inuli lu^roHH, |iHrliik(^H Hornowliiit 

 of ilio (^liuriuiUir ol" iJm (Iddlors in liiwinj;' [\w ulawH 

 uiiiMiiiully dovolopixl, l)iil. Ilio lur/^'(M;liiw in ciirridd 

 in lli<i iioriim] way iiiid wilJioiit I.Iki (Jinialdiiiri^^ 

 oxorciso of l.lio (iddlor. Tlui HpociuH, alno known iih 

 *mud-cral)' {/'anopms llrrlinlJ), "m an linhiliifi ol' tiio 

 ()yH(,(!r-l)cd8, wluirt) it Ih Ha'ul l.o diiHl.i'oy lar/^o (|Uiui- 

 titicH ol" tho oyHl.or wpawn. Tim Hi'.cond H|»(i(!iog 

 {/'innothcrcs ostrcum) ih a much Hniullor liinn, not 

 nioaHurinjL( trioro lliun u iiali-in(!li in 

 oillior lc!n;,4li or widlli, and Ih lialiilii- 

 ally uHHociatod wiUi Uui oynlor wiUiin 

 tlic lattor'H Hlioll, 

 I'lNNuiiiitKiM, ^ '"W wordH idtoul; llial, Corhiddin^- 



loolcing creature tho Hon-Hjtidcr (PI. 

 6, Fig. 2). This crab, of Hocrnin^dy rnorowo liabitH, 

 lacks tho vivaiMty of the oilier HiMJcicH. It iw a 

 somewhat rare vimtor l,o tho oium Hhorc, ])rc(iirring 

 tlio quiet of tho deeper waters, when^, in a[)piir(tnt 

 trieditution, itleiHurely wallcH over tlie en<;iufil)i'ancoH 

 that may he placed in itH path. It Keerrw to HJiun 

 observation, and iVequeMtly aliowH itneH' to he over- 

 grown by i»lantH of various kinds, hydroids, I'.ic,., 

 which completely mask its identity. Although by 

 strangers usually given a wide herth on aeconnt 

 of tho long claws, tin; animal is hut a feeble repre- 

 sentativ(j of a /.^rouj) whose mendters in other [(arts 

 of the world arc giants in comparison. A speei- 

 m<in of the .lujianescs Macrochoira in the posses- 

 sion of the British Museum measures some (lipjliteen 

 feet in expanse of legs. 



