THE 
DIOGENES CRAB. 
Generic Character. 
Feel commonly eight, (in fome fpccies iix or ten) 
befides two chelated ones. 
Palpi or Feelers fix, unequal. 
Eyes two, didant, in mod fpccies footdalked; 
elongated, moveable. 
Mandible thick. 
Lip triple. 
Fail articulated, unarmed. 
Specific Character, &c. 
ELONGATED PARASITIC CRAB, with 
fmooth pubefcent chelae, of which the left is 
larged. 
THE INDIAN HERMIT-CRAB. 
THE VIOLET-CLAWED HERMIT-CRAB. 
The genus Cancer is diftinguifhed not more by 
the Angularly curious fhape and appearance of the 
infeds it contains, than by the vaft variety of fpc¬ 
cies 
