RING -HORNED PANDALUS. 193 



There are, bowever, several species of shor 

 prawns which quite equal, if not excel, those of 

 the deeper waters in beauty. One of these, the 

 Common ^sop Prawn, is given on plate M, fig. 1. 

 It is called the ^Esop Prawn because it wears a 

 kind of hunch upon its back, thereby following 

 the example of the great fabulist. Its scientific 

 name is Pandalus annulicornisy or the Eing-horned 

 Pandalus. The title "ring-horned" is given to it> 

 because the horns, or antennae, are exquisitely 

 ringed with scarlet lines at regular distances. 

 These antennae are most lovely organs j and as 

 the prawn swims through the water in its usual 

 graceful gliding progression, the antennae wave 

 to and fro, producing elegant and everchanging 

 curves. The whole body of the creature is covered 

 with scarlet lines, which show out exquisitely 

 upon the pellucid groundwork. 



These creatures will not be found in the winter, 

 or even in the early spring ; but in the summer 

 months they may be seen in abundance in the 

 rock-pools^ and captured by means of the gauze 

 net without any difficulty. If the pool is too large, 

 and permits the enclosed animals to escape from 

 the net by means of their extreme activity, the 

 water may generally be drained away by a judi- 

 ciously cut channel, well guarded by stones and 



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