DROMIA. 
Tab. XXIY. A. 
CANCER, Linnceus. 
DROMIA, Fabricins, Leach , Latreille. 
Antenna external subtus oculi pedunculum insert® ; tuberculo basali maximo, perforato. 
Antenna internee articulo basali mag-no et fere cylindrico ; antennarum fossae longitudinales et 
distantes. 
Pedum par anticum robustum, ung-uibus cocbleariformibus valide dentatis ; paria 4 et 5 parva, 
super dorsum testae reflexa et compressa, ung-uibus parvis duplieatis terminantes. 
Testa transversa, subglobosa, sublobata, fronte declinata, parva. 
Oculi pedunculis brevibus. 
External antennae placed under the peduncle of the eye, with the basal tubercle very large, 
perforated. Interior antennae with the basal joint large and almost cylindrical ; the antennal pits 
are longitudinal and distant. The first pair of feet robust, with fingers spoon-shaped and strongly 
toothed ; the 2nd and 3rd single-clawed, and the 4th and 5th small, turned over the back of the 
carapace and closely pressed, terminating- in small double-claws. Carapace transverse subglobose, 
with the front bent downwards and small. Eyes with short peduncles, 

DROMIA MEDITERRANEA. 
Tab. XXIV. A. 
DROMIA MEDITERRANEA, Leach, Gray Zool. Journ. 1 . p. 419. 
CANCER DROMIA, Olive. Zool. Adr. p. 45. 
DROMIA RUMPH1I, Bose. 
D. testa subglobosa, rotundo-nodosa, latior quam longa, margine antico-laterali utrinque valide 
quadridentato ; dente secundo basi tuberculato ; abdomine maris articulo ultimo latiori quam 
longo, feminse latissimo, valde arcuato. 
Fig. 1, Dromia Mediterranea. 2, Feminoe abdomen. 3, antenna externa. 4, antenna interna. 
5, pedipalpus. 6, manus. 
This very hirsute species frequently becomes covered with sponge, so that little of the shell is 
visible. Although long known as a Mediterranean Crab, its existence in our seas has only been 
recently discovered. The figure is taken from a large specimen, now in the British Museum, 
which was dredged off Penzance, and for some time lived captive in a tank. 
