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fish for the palinuri with what we call bow-nets or weels , 
They put in cages of osier the feet of sepise burnt, with small 
fishes, crabs, &c. They let them down during the night into 
rocky places, from fifty to two hundred fathoms deep, and 
they take in the morning the palinuri which are found there. 
Their weight is sometimes very considerable. The fishermen 
are persuaded that they have more flesh at the full moon than 
at any other time. The extreme fecundity of these Crustacea 
compensates for the great consumption which is made of them 
for the table. 
In the maritime towns, they are brought to market still 
alive ; but they are always cooked when they are to be sent 
to any great distance, because they die in a short time after 
they have been taken out of the water, and their flesh quickly 
putrifies, especially in summer. 
We have figured two undescribed species of decapod Crus- 
tacea belonging to the Porcellanae of the text. The first 
Porcellana hirsuta , is red-brown, rugulose, velvety ; the legs 
and abdomen fringed with long hairs ; the carpus above flat, 
rugulose, front edge with five acute triangular teeth, the 
hinder edge with a series of conical, incurved, short spines ; 
the front edge of the claw is crenulate at the base ; the fore- 
head is triangular, bent down, with a small spine over the front 
edge of each eye. 
The other Porcellana , wdiich is named polita , by Gray> is 
purplish-brown, much polished, and punctulate ; the carpus 
above is flat, the front edge has three long serrated teeth ; the 
hinder edge has a spiny ridge near the end; the forehead 
is triangular, produced, with the margin rather concave. 
To these w r e have added a figure of the megalope sculpta of 
Leach, and the megalope maculata of the same naturalist, both 
of which are yellowish w r hite, and were taken in the Gulph of 
Guinea. 
