PORTUNUS PURER. 
Tab. VI. 
p ( # . a.) antennis corporis dimidio longioribus, testa pubescente, froute multidentato. 
Cancer puber. Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. 1046. 
Cancer velutinus. Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 5. PI. 4. Jig. 8. 
Portunus puber. Latr. Hist. Nat. des Crust, et des Insect, vi. 10. 
Gen. Crust, et Insect, i. 27. 3. 
Leach Edinb. Encycl. vii. 390. 
... — Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. 315. 
Fig. 1 . Portunus puber mas. mag. nat. 2. Pedipalpus externus. 
Portunus puber is found in great plenty all along the South-Western coast of Devonshh-e 
and is called Velvet Crab by the fishermen. It is used m Prance as an ar ic e o o , 
for that purpose taken in very large quantities. When living the colours are very vivid, 
as represented in the plate. 
