<j CANCER. CRAB. Class V. 



5. M^nas. Q t £i, l( Syst. 1043. Gm. Lin. Faun. Suec. No. 2026. Gro- 

 Common. _ ...... ~ ^, „„ • 



2971. Baster, 11. fa&. 11./. nov.Zoopk.Q55. 



1. Ifcrfa*. Cckc. 145. *. 7./. 46. 



Cr. with three notches on the front; five ser- 

 rated teeth on each side; claws ovated; next 

 joint, toothed ; hind feet subulated ; dirty green 

 color • red when boiled. 



Inhabits all our shores ; and lurks under the 

 Algce, or burrows under the sand. Is sold, and 

 eaten by the poor of our capital. Tab. ii.Jig. 1. 



6. Depura- C.Lin. Syst. 1043. No. 23. Seb. Mus. iii. tab. xviii./g. 9. 

 Gm. Lin. 2972. Herbst. Cane. 148. t. 7. /. 48. 



TOR. 



Cleanser. 



Cr. with a sub-cordated body ; thorax on each 

 side quinque-dentated ; front indented ; claws 

 angulated ; second joint spined ; hind legs have 

 the two last joints ovated and ciliated. Tab. ii. 



fig- «• 



(Var. A.) With a tuberculated surface. 



Inhabits generally the deeps ; feeds on dead 

 fish : hence called the purifier or cleanser, as 

 causing the removal of putrid bodies. Tab. iv. 

 fig- 2. 



