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BAMFFIAN LOBSTER. 
Generic Character. 
Legs generally eight (in fome fpecies fix or ten). 
Feelers fix, unequal. . 
Lyes two, generally diftant, footfialked, moveable. 
Fail articulated, unarmed. 
Specific Character, &e. 
Long-bodied CRAB, with firiated thorax and 
very long arms. 
The BAMFFIAN CRAB. 
Long-clawed LOBSTER. 
Pe?tn l . Brit. Zool. 4. p. 14. 
■pi. 13. n. 25. 
This curious fpecies is diftinguifhed by the enor¬ 
mous length of its arms, as well as by the Angular 
elegance of the upper part of the thorax, which is 
ornamented with a great many tranfverfe, finely- 
ferrated lamina:, difpofed over each other in an im¬ 
bricated manner, and beautifully ciliated on the 
margins. It is found on feverai of the Northern 
coafts of Europe. 
