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OVR CARCINOLOGICAL FRIENDS. 



delicacy of all its ambulatory appendages, except 

 the first pair, and the greatly developed swim- 

 merets of the posterior part of the body. The 

 exterior (?) pair of feelers (antennae) have also a 

 peculiar structure, being spread out into an oval 

 ciliated plate. 



The animal, which is a close relative of a com- 



Squilla eufdsa. 



mon European species, is in many regions highly 

 esteemed as an article of food. It is a true bur- 

 rower, but as yet little positive is known of its 

 general habits. 



