S CANCER. CRAB. Class V. 



g. Veluxi- Herht. Cane. 151. t. 7. /■ 4g. 



NUS. 



Velvet. 



Cr. with the thorax quinque-dentated ; body 

 covered with short brown velvet-like pile; 

 claws covered with minute tubercles'; small 

 spines round the top of the second joint ; hind 

 legs broadly ovated. This is among the spe- 

 cies taken notice of by Aristotle* on account 

 of the broad feet, which, he says, assist them in 

 swimming : as web-feet do the water-fowl. 



Inhabits the western coasts of Anglesey. 

 Tab. iv. Jig. 1 . 



10. Corru- Herhst. Cane. 151. t. 7. /. 50. 



GATUS. 



Wrinkled. „ . . 



Cr. with the thorax quinque-dentated; serrat- 

 ed ; body wrinkled transversely ; claws fur- 

 nished with a single spine on the first and se- 

 cond joint ; fangs serrated ; last pair of legs 

 ovated. 



Found on the shores of Skie } opposite to 

 Loch J urn. Tab. v. jig. 1 . 



11. Angula- Herhst. Cane. 85. t. i. f. 13. 



TUS. 



n g u ar. ^ r ^.^ a rectangular body ; the thorax armed 

 near the corner with two spines ; the claws very 



* De Part. Anim. lib. iv. c. 8. 



