ATHANAS. 
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South coast of Devon, rare. According to the Rev. Mr. 
Gordon, it is not rare in the Moray Eirth. 
Nika Couchii, Bell. Couch’s Shrimp . — The two-toed 
hand shorter than the wrist, the former slightly curved, the 
latter much more bent ; middle plate of the tail not furrowed. 
Eirst described by Professor Bell'* from a specimen found 
in Cornwall by Mr. Couch, so w r ell known for his observa- 
tions on this and other classes of marine animals, in com- 
pliment to whom it is named. 
Gen. 42. AT1IANAS, Leach. 
Beak simple, small, not toothed on the edges. Inner 
antennae with three filaments; mandibles strong, with a 
palpiform, short, very wide, two-jointed appendage. Eyes 
not prominent, and yet not covered by the carapace as in 
Alpluzus . Tail with outer lamina divided transversely. Eirst 
pair of legs long and very strong, unecpal in size, ending 
in a thick two-fingered hand, the fingers of which are short 
and stout. 
Athakas nitescens, Leach. Montagu’s Shrimp . — Beak 
sharp, not so long as the peduncles of the inner antennae; a 
# British Stalk-eyed Crustacea, p. 278. 
