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A CORNISH FAUNA. 



11 1 have heard the fishermen of Glorran Haven say that they 

 have seen in the summer, frequently, the old lobsters with their 

 young ones around them ; some of the young have been noticed 

 as six inches long. One man noticed the old lobster with her 

 head peeping out from under a rock, the young ones playing 

 around her ; she appeared to rattle her claws on the approach of 

 the fisherman, and herself and young took shelter under the 

 rock ; this rattling, no doubt", was to give the alarm. I have 

 heard this from several, some very old men, who all speak to this 

 without concert, and as a matter of course ; and they are men I 

 can readily believe." 



Genus, Crangon, — Fair. 



"Carapace somewhat depressed, with only the rudiment of a 

 rostrum ; antennae inserted on about the same transverse line, on 

 the outer side a large scale. The claw legs expanded, the move- 

 able finger opposed to a slight rudiment of a process." (Sub- 

 chelate). 



Crangon vulgaris — Sand Shrimp. — Fabricius; Milne Edwards, 

 Hist, des Crust., t.. ii, p. 341; Leaeli, Malac, pi. xxxvii ; Bell, 

 Stalk-Eyed, 256; Astacus cr any on, pi. 15, fy. 30. 



" Common in harbours on a sandy bottom, in which it buries 

 itself, an operation performed by the aid of the hinder legs, but 

 it heaps the loose sand on itself by the action of the antennae." 

 Crangon spinosus. — Leach; Bell, p. 261. 



Crangon cataphractus. — Edwards, Hist, des Crust., t. ii, p. 243; 

 Couch, Cornish Fauna, p. 79. 



Pontophilus spinosus. — Leach, Malac, pi. xxxvii A. 



One specimen only was obtained by Mr. Couch, and that came 

 from the stomach of a fish taken at a depth of from 12 to 15 

 fathoms. We have taken it frequently among the Zoophites 

 from six to sixteen fathoms of water. 

 Crangon boreas — Arctic Shrimp. — Phipps. 



Crangon fasciatus. — Risso, Crust, de Nice, t. Hi, fo. p. 83 ; 

 Edwards, Hist, des Crust., t. ii, p. 324; Bell, Stalk-Eyed Crust., p. 

 259. 



Crangon sculptus. — Bell, Stalk-Eyed Crust., p. 263. 



There can be little doubt but that C fasciatus and C. sculptus are 

 identical with C. boreas of Phipps. I have compared the animals 

 with the description and figures of the respective authors, and 



