22 ASTACUS. LOBSTER. Class V. 



2. Homarus. Cancer. Lin. Syst. 1053. Gm. Herlst. Cane. ii. 84. t. 31. 



s P™y- Lin. 2988. " /. 1. 



Locusta. la Langouste. Ron- Palinurus homarus. Bosc. 

 del. pise. 535. Hist. nat. des Crust, ii. 92. 



L. with a broad front, armed with two large 

 spines, and between them a smaller, guards to 

 the eyes, Avhich are prominent ; antenna longer 

 than body and tail, spiny at their origin ; be- 

 neath them two lesser ; claws short, small, 

 smooth ; fangs small, single, hinged ; legs slen- 

 der and smooth ; body and thorax horrid with 

 spines ; tail longer than that of the common 

 Lobster ; on each part, above, is a white spot, 

 the bottoms are crooked and serrated; the 

 tail-fin, partly membranaceous, partly crusta- 

 ceous. 



Inhabits our rocky coasts ; often taken about 

 the promontory of Llyn, and Bardsey isle. 



The French name of this species has been 

 barbarously translated into the Long-oyster. 

 Tab. xii. 



3. ARCTUS. C. Lin. syst. 1053. No. 75. Squilla lata. Rondel. 545. 

 Broad. Gm. Lin. 2993. Faun. Suec. Herlst. Cane. ii. 80. t. 30. 



No. 2040. /. 1. 



L. with two broad serrated plates before the 

 eyes; short furcated antenna; body and tail 

 flat and broad. 



