CLASS I; CItUSTAQEA. 
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K 'd'division 3. — Finger* not deflated. External antenna with their first 
joint simple. Anterior pair of legs scarcely thicker than the others, which 
are moderately Long. 
Genus 13. MAJA. Lam., Latr., Bose, Tx-ach. 
eternal anteniue with the two first joints thickest, and of nearly equal 
length : shell convex ovate-subtriangular, very spiny : eyes not thicker 
;han their elongate peduncle: external double palpi with the second 
Joint of their internal footstalk deeply notched at its internal apex: 
°Ws with naked sharp points. 
I' 1 - Maj. Sqtunado. Shell fasciculate-pilose; orbit above, with one 
s pine; the sides with five strong spines: clvpeus beneath the front 
"nth a short spine excavated above. 
■‘tneer Squinado. llerbst, iii. t. 50. (full grown.) Id. i. t. 11 . f. 85. 84. 
Junior. Cancer Maja. Scopn/i Eiilom. Cum. 1 126. Soiccrby’s Brit. Mis- 
I. eg, MajaSquinado. Lair. Gen. Crust, et Insect, i. 37. Bose, 
'list, jy a t. ii C s Crust, i. 257. Leach, Ellin. Encycl. vii. 394. 433. 
~~~l'runs. Linn. Svc. xi. 326. — Supp. to Encycl. Brit. i. 415. — Malac. 
ii u"' J °P Il Eril - tal '- 1{J - 
'habits the southern coasts of Devon and Cornwall. By the fishermen 
11 *s named Thomback or King-crab. 
Subdivision 4. — Fingers not deflexed. External anteniue with the first 
joint externally diluted. 
Genus 14. II A AS. Leach , Supp. to Encycl. Brit. i. 415. 
‘ U -H clongate-sublriangular, subluberculated; the sides behind the 
c yes produced into a lanceolate projection : rostrum fissured, the la- 
J-tniae approximating : external anteniue with the first joint dilated, 
ar ger than the second: external double palpi with the second joint 
c e 'harginate at the internal apex. 
G 1 • Eyas araneus. The lastiform process behind the eyes tuberculated 
Cancer araneus. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1044. Cancer Bufo. llerbst., i. 142. 
- f. 59. Ilyas araneus. Leach, Edin. Encycl. vii. 437. — Trans. 
h /'; n -Soc. xi. 329.— Mai. Podoph. Brit. tab. 21. a. 
'abits the Scottish sea in great plenty; on the English coast it is 
htore rare. 
‘ ■ u L division 5 . — Second, third, fourth, and fifth pair of legs alike and slender. 
s Genus 15. INACHUS. Fair., Leach. 
,c 1 slightly spined, with a spine on each side protecting the eye when 
Refracted : eyes distant, scarcely thicker than their peduncles : exter- 
double palpi with the second joint of the internal footstalk trun- 
‘-ateat its internal point: external antennsc. with the three first joints 
