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generally kill every one they get; it is blamed for eating the 
bait from the hooks ef the long lines, to the great annoyance 
and loss of the fishermen. 
FAlyas coarctatus Leach. 
Hyas coarctatus, Bell, Brit. Stalk-eyed Crust., p. 35, 1853. A 
fairly common species, from the laminarian zone outwards. 
LEPTOPODIDA. 
Stenorhynchus rostratus, Linné. 
Stenorhynchus rostratus, Norman, Mus. Nor., pt. iii. p. 6, 1886. 
Stenorhynchus phalangium, Bell, Brit. Stalk-eyed Crust., p. 2, 
1853. Firth of Forth, on mud and sand, generally distri- 
buted (Howden; L. & H.); common in the vicinity of 
Inchkeith (S.F.B.). 
PARTHENOPIDA. 
Eurynome aspera (Pennant). 
Eurynome aspera, Bell, Brit. Stalk-eyed Crust., p. 46, 1853. Off 
Prestonpans and Portseaton (Howden ;, L. & H.). 
CANORIDA: 
Cancer pagurus, Linné, 
Cancer paugurs, Bell, Brit. Stalk-eyed Crust., p. 59, 1853. 
Common in the laminarian and littoral zones (L. & H_). 
Occasionally in the trawl-net (S.F.B.). 
PoRTUNIDA: 
Portunus puber (Linné): 
Portunus puber, Bell, Brit. Stalk-eyed Crust., p. 90, 1853. One 
specimen on the deep-sea lines, from the mouth of the Forth 
(L. & H.) 
Portunus depurator (Linné). | 
Portunns depurator, Bell, Brit. Stalk-eyed Crust., p. 101, 1853. 
A common species throughout the estuary. 
Portunus marmoreus, Leach. 
Portunus marmoreus, Bell, Brit. Stalk-eyed Crust., p. 105, 1853. 
Portobello and Musselburgh beaches (Howden; L. & H.). 
Taken occasionally in the dredge, in the vicinity of Inch- 
keith, and in the trawl west of May Island (S.F.B.). 
Portunus holsatus, Fabricius. 
Portunus holsatus, Bell, Brit. Stalk-eyed Crust., p. 109, 1853. 
Dr Leach found one amongst a number of specimens of 
Portunus depurator at Newhaven (L. & H.). One of the species 
commonly met with on the ‘ Oyster Banks’ (Henderson). * 
Portunus pusillus, Leach. 
Portunus pusillus, Bell, Brit. Stalk-eyed Crust, p. 112, 1853. 
Off Prestonpans (Howden). We have frequently dredged it 
near Inchkeith, &c. (L. & H.). Largo Bay (8.F.B.). 
* Decapod and Schizopod Crustacea of the Clyde, p. 10. 
