INDIAN SEA-CRAB. 
This curious and beautiful species of the 
Crab is found on the coast of the oriental 
seas ; from which circumstance it derives it's 
appellation of the Indian^ or East Indian, Sea 
Crab. 
It is mentioned, and has been delineated, by 
several naturalists;- chiefly on account of it's 
singularity and beauty ; none, however, have 
given any particulars of it's habits, which^ 
may therefore be supposed similar to those of 
the ordinary species. 
It is described as being about a span Ibng,- 
and of a very singular colour. The shell, in 
genera] is speckled with yellow spots, except 
where three purple ones appear inclosed by a' 
circle of white. 
The claws, next the body,- are yellowish ; 
they are white in the middle; and, at the ex- 
tremities, they are of a deep purple. 
The 
