88 HISTORY OF BRITISH CRUSTACEA. 
Galathea nexa, Embleton. Embletorfs Elated Lobster . 
— Fore legs with the hands hairy, and without spines; the 
outer jaw-feet with the third joint shorter than the second. 
A small species, first found by Mr. Embleton. The Rev. 
G. Gordon says it is frequently brought up by the lines set 
for Haddock and God in the Moray Eirth Zoologist/ 3684). 
In the Eirth of Forth it is frequently dredged in mud, in from 
three to twelve fathoms (Dr. Howden). 
Mr.. Norman found it at Falmouth, in fifteen fathoms. 
Mr. Bell procured specimens from Loch Fyne and Shetland ; 
and by Mr. Thompson's account it is also found on the coasts 
of Down and Antrim. 
Gen. 28. MUNIDA, Leach . 
Resembles Galathea in many of its characters, but differs 
chiefly in the formation of the beak and legs : the beak is 
a long, style-like spine, with a similar but shorter spine on 
each side at the base ; the front legs are very long, slender, 
and cylindrical. 
It seems to be to this genus and to the very same species 
that the Calypso periculosa of Risso is to be referred ; this 
Crab is said to be very unwholesome when eaten, and the 
