PAGURUS. 
71 
lodges it inside an empty shell, which it carries about with 
it, and to which it fixes itself by means of its hind legs. 
Gen. 25. PAGURUS, Fair, Soldier Crab. 
The abdomen is turned on itself, and has a pair of appen- 
dages at the end, which are not symmetrical. The inner 
antennae are short, and are only slightly longer than the 
peduncle of the outer antennae. The species of this coun- 
try “ are peculiar in having acuminate fingers, with the tips 
of those of the larger hand calcareous; and although the 
fourth pair of feet are subcheliform, the scabrous area or 
rasp of the hand is confined nearly to the posterior edge ” 
(Dana) . 
“The Soldiers (as indeed becomes their profession) are 
well known to be pugnacious and impudent, yet watchful 
and cautious. Indeed, their manners and disposition, no 
less than their appearance, bear the strongest resemblance 
to those of Spiders. Two of them can scarcely approach 
each other without manifestations of hostility ; each warily 
stretches out his long feet and feels the other, just as Spiders 
do, and strives to find an opportunity of seizing his oppo- 
nent in some tender part with his own strong claws. Gene- 
rally they are satisfied with the proofs afforded of mutual 
