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CANCER. CRAB. 



Class V. 



Antennce of the length of the body ; the claws 

 above ; as long again as the body : feet subu- 

 lated. Tab. vii. Jig. inf. 



The supposed female ; of the same form ; only 

 the claws not half so long. Tab. vn. Jig. sup. 



Inhabits the deep near Holyhead and Red- 

 Wharf, Anglesey. Dredged up. 



15. Flori- 



DUS. 



Purplish 

 brown. 



Cancer. Gm. Lin. 2968. Lin. Tr. ix. 85. t. 2./. I.- Jig. 120. 

 Seh. Mus. iii. t. 19. /. 18. Herbst. Cane. 264. t. 21. 



* Cr. with a front slightly emarginate : Antennce 

 minute; thorax quadrilobate, smooth, uneven, 

 of a purplish brown ; claws large and strong ; 

 legs eight, short; length two inches, breadth 

 two inches and an half. 



Sent from Scotland to Mr. Montagu. 



16. Maja. Cancer Maj a. Gm.Lin.2g7Q. Fans, Trold Crabber. Pontop. 



Spinous. C. spinosus. Seb. Mus. iii. Norway ii. 176. tab. p. 177. 



tab. xxii. J. 1. Gronov. Herbst. Cane. 21Q. 1. 15. J. 87- 



Zooph. No. 973. C. horridus. Br. Zool. iv. 7. 



Cr. with a projecting bifurcated snout, the end 

 diverging ; body heart-shaped ; and with the 

 claws and legs covered with long and very 

 sharp spines. A large species. 



Inhabits the rocks on the eastern coast of 

 Scotland. Common to Norway and Scotland, 

 as many of the marine animals and birds are. 

 Tab. viii. Jig % 1 . 



