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P L A T E^S, V

CLASS V. C R U S T A C E O U S .

GENUS L C R A B S .

PLATE I. N* i. Pea;
2. Minute.'
3- Long-horned.
4- Broad-foot.
II. 5- Common.
6. Cleanfer.
III. 7- Black-clawed.
IV. 8. Velvet.
A. 6.
b PLATE V.
 SYSTEMATIC INDEX OF P L A T E S .
P L A T E• V. N" 9. Wrinkled.
10. Angular.
VI. n.- Briftly.
12. Great-clawed.
VII. 13. Long-clawed M. and F.
VIIL 14. Horrid.
. 15. Four-forked.
IX. 16. Spider.
j 7. Slender-legged.
A. 18. Weymouth.
19. Uneven.
20. Rough.

GENUS II. L^O B S T E R S.

X. 21. Vulgar.
XL 2 2 . Spiny.
XII. 24. Norway.
3 2 . Atom.
XIII. 25. Long-clawed.
XIV. 2 6 . Plated.
XV. 27. Craw-fim.
3°- Shrimp.
XVI. 28. Prawn.
3i- Linear.
CVII. 38. Hermit.'

O N I S C I,
 BRITISH ZOOLOGY.

C L A S S V.

CRUSTACEOUS A j £ l M A L S.
li t'.

With eight feet, or ten ; rarely fix. " - 4 ? i : ' „;>-"

Two of the feet clawed. ~~ g ^ g j f *'
Two eyes, remote s for the mod part fixed on a ftalk, moveable
Tad foliated, and lhort, lodged in a groove in the body.

C. Lin. SjJI. 1039.

P'/um.
i. PEA.
I T H rounded and fmooth thorax, entire and blunt.
With a tail of the fize of the body, which com-
monly is of the bulk of a pea.
Inhabits the muffd, and unjuftly has acquired the repute of
being poif onoU s. The fwelling after eating of muffels is wholly
constitutional; for one that is affected by it, hundreds remain un-
injured.

• CRABS,
 C R A B S . CLASS Y.
CRABS, either, of this kind, or allied to them, the antients
believed to have been the confentaneous inmates of the pinnae, and
other bivalves ; which being too ftupid to perceive the approach
of their prey, were warned of it by their vigilant friend. Oppian
tells the fable prettily *.

OcrpctHov ecu (3u^ia?, & C

In clouded deeps below the Pinna hides,

And thro' the filent paths obfeurely glides ;
A ftupid wretch, and void of thoughtful care r
H e forms no bait, nor lays the tempting fnare.
But the dull fluggard boafts a Crab his friend*
Whofe bufy eyes the coming prey attend.
One room contains them, and the partners dwell-
Beneath the convex of one Hoping fhell;
Deep in the wat'ry vaft the comrades rove,
And mutual int'reft binds their conftant love ;
That wifer friend the lucky juncture tells,
When in the circuit of his gaping fhells
Fifh wand'ring enter; then the bearded guide
Warns the dull mate, and pricks his tender fide j .
He knows the hint, nor at the treatment grieves,
But hugs th' advantage, and the pain forgives :
His clofing fhells the Pinna fudden joins,
And 'twixt the prefling fides his prey confines;
Thus fed by'mutual aid, the friendly pair
Divide their gains, and all the plunder fnare..

* Hatieut, lib. ii. He calls the crab iLwfvXaf, cufios Pinna.

C- Inn*
CLASS V. C R A B S . 3

C. Lin. Syji. 1040. Gronov. Zoopb. No. 962. Minuiuu

Bajler,\i. p. 26. tab.iv.f. I . 2. 2, MINUTE.

CR. with a fmooth and fomewhat fquare thorax ; the edges fharp ;
"horns fhort; lefs than the laft.
Inhabits our fhores among Alga.

C. Lin. Syjl. 1040. Grenev. Zoopb. No. 96S. Lcngicornis.

Bajier, ii. p. 26. tab. iv. f. 3 . 3- L O N G -
HORNED.

CR. with a round fmooth thorax •, with large claws; very long
horns ; fize of the lad.
Inhabits our fhores.

Cancer latipes. Rondel, 565. Groncv. Zoopb. No. 954. Latites.

Cancetlatipes parvus oblongus variegatus. Plancus, 34. tab. in.Jig. 7. . BRO\D-
FOOT.

CR. with a fub-cordated body ; Ihort feelers ; angular claws; five

fmall teeth on each fide , the hind les:s
•o
ovated.

C. Lin. Sjjl. 1043. Bajier, ii. tab. ii. f. I . Manas.

Faun, Suec. No'. 2026. Groncv. Zoopb. 955. 5. COMMON.

CR. with three notches on the front; five ferrated teeth on each
fide; claws ovated; next joint, toothed ; hind feet fubulated ; dirty
green color ; red when boiled.
Inhabits all our fhores -, and lurks under the Alga, or burrows
under the fand. Is fold; and eaten by the poor of our capital.

B 2 C. Lin.
 C R A B S . CLASS V.

C. Lin. Syfi. 1043. No. 2 >

Seb. Muf. iii. tab. xyxn.fg. 9.

CR. with a fub-cordated body ; thorax on each fide quinque-

dentated ; front indented ; claws angulated ; fecond joint fpi-
ned; hind legs have the two laft joints ovated and ciliated.

A. vi. Variety with a tuberculated furface. Vide tab. iv.

Inhabits generally the deeps ; feeds on dead fifh : hence called

the purifier or cleanfer, as caufing the removal of putrid bodies.

C. Lin. SjJI. 1044. Groxo-v. Zoopb. No. g6j.

Belon. aquat. 368. Rondel, fiji. 560. Faun. Suec.No. 2028. Merrefs Pinax.

CR. with a crenated thorax; fmooth body; quinque-dentated

front; fmooth claws with black tips ; hind feet fubulated.
Inhabits the rocky coafts ; the moft delicious meat of any;
cafts its fhell between Chrijlmas and Rafter.
The tips of the claws of this fpecies are ufed in medicine ; in-
tended to abforb acidities in the flomach and bowels.

CR. with the thorax quinque-dentated ; body covered with fhort

brown velvet-like pile; claws covered with minute tubercles; fmall
fpines round the top of the fecond joint; hind legs broadly ovated.
This is among the fpecies taken notice of by Ariftotle * on account
of the broad feet, which, he fays, aflift them in fwimming: as
web-feet do the water-fowl.
Inhabits the weftern coafts of Anglefea.

* De Part. Jpim. lib. iv, c. 8.

CR. with
CLASS V. C R A B S . 5

CR. with the thorax quinque-dentated; ferrated j body wrinkled Corrugatus.

tranfverfely; claws furnifhed with a fingle fpine on the firft and 9- WRINK-
^ * LED*

fecond joint; fangs ferrated ; laft pair of legs ovated.

Found on the fhores of Skie, oppofite to Loch Jurtii

CR. with a rectangular body; the thorax armed near the corner Angulatus.
with two fpines ; the claws very long-, the upper fangs black ; IO ' A N G U "
legs flender and fubulated.
Weymouth. From the PORTLAND cabinet.

C . tin. Syft. 1 0 4 5 . Faun. Suec. No. 2 0 2 9 ; - Hlrtellus.

Cancer hirfutus. Rondel. 568. 1 I.BRISTLY.

CR. with a hairy thorax ; on both fides (lightly quinque-dentated ;

claws ovated, flightly echinated, and hairy ; feet, briftly and'
fubulated. A fmall fpecies; of a reddifh color.
Found beneath ftones.

CR. with a tridentated front ; thorax entire ; claws of a large fize ; Platy-chehs.
deprefled, and greatly ciliated on the outfide ; only three fubulated I 2 , G R E A T ?
f • ' O J > J CLAWED.

legs on each fide ; body little bigger than a horfe-bean, and al-
mofl round: Antenna very long and turning back, when not in
ule.
Inhabits the Alga on the coaft of Anglefea and the Hebrides.

CR. with bifurcated front; a fpine at the corner of each eye; CaJJlvelanmiil
another on each fide of the thorax towards the tail; body ovated *C1 33L". A WL O2 DN .G
and fmooth ; Antenna of the length of the body ; the claws above;
2 as
 6 C R A B S . CLASS V.
as long again as the body; feet Tubulated* The fuppofed female ;
of the fame form> only the claws not half fo long.
Inhabits the deep near Holyhead and Red-Wharf Anglefea.
Dredged up.

Jiorridus. Cancer. Lin. Syfi. 1047.

•J4.H0RR.ID. C. fpinofus. Seb. Muf. iii. tab. xxii. f. I. Cronov. Zooph. No. 976.
Fans, Trold Crabber. Pontop. Norway ii. 176. tab. p. 177.

C R ; with a projecting bifurcated fnouf, the end diverging; body

lieart-fhaped ; and with the claws and legs covered with long and
very (harp fpines. A large fpecies.
Inhabits the rocks on the eaftern coaft of Scotland. Common to
Norway and Scotland^ as many of the marine animals and birds
are.

Tetra-odon. CR. with a quadri-furcated fnout; the two middle fpines the
FOR F o u R " longeft; thorax fpiny; body heart-fhaped and uneven ; claws
long; legs (lender.
Inhabits the JJle of Wight.

Araneus. Cancer- Lin. Syfi. 1044.

16. S P I D E R . Faun. Suec. No. 2030.. Jonfion Exang.tub.v. fig. 13.

CR. with a bifid fnout; briftly thorax ; body, heart-fhaped, and

tuberculated ; claws long and oblongly ovated ; legs (lender, long
and fubuJated.
Inhabits our fhores; Often covered with a byffus, as in fpeci-
men xvl A.

CR. with
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GLASS V. C R A B S . 7

CR. with a bifid fnout; heart-fhaped, fmall tuberculated body 5 Phahngium.

long claws ; legs of a vaft length, very (lender, and hairy. DER-LEG'D.
Inhabits the depths on the coafts of Anglefea.

CR. with a cordated body, rugged and bent, with a few fpines • Dorfettenfis..
very thick, and long claws j and very Render legs, the firft pair ^0*UTH"
much longer than the reft.
Weymouth. From the PORTLAND cabinet.

CR. with a tuberous, fmooth back; fmall claws, and fhort legs j Tuberofus.
fnout flightly bifid. . I9.UNEVBK.
From the fame cabinet.

CR. with a cordated body; bifid fnout j legs and flaws fhort; A/per.
thofe and the body rough and fpiny.
From the fame cabinet.

Cilyndric
3 * h O B S. T E R S. CLASS V.

ASTJCUS. Cylindric body.

LOBSTER,
Long antennas.
Long tail.

Gammarus. Cancer. Lin. Syfi. 1050. No,

21,VULGAR. Aiiacus. Rondel. 538.

L . T T T I T H a fmooth thorax; fhort ferrated fnout; very long

V V antenna j and between them two fhorter-, bifid ; claws
and fangs, large, the greater tuberculated, the leifer ferrated on
the inner edge; four pair of legs •, fix joints in the tail; caudal
fins rounded.
Inhabits all the rocky fhores of our ifiand -, but chiefly where
there is a depth of water. In Llyn, in Caernarvon/hire, a certain
fmall lobfler, nothing different except in fize, burrows in the
fand.
Brought in vaft quantities from the Orkney ifles, and many parts
of the eaflern coaft of Scotland, to the London markets. Sixty or
feventy thoufand are annually brought, in well-boats, from the
neighborhood of Montrofe alone *.
Lobflers fear thunder; and are apt to cafl their claws on a
great clap. I am told they will do the fame on firing a great gun;
and that when men of war meet a lobfter-boat, a jocular threat
is ufed, That, if the mafter does not fell them good lobflers, they
_ will falute him.

* Tour in Scotland, 1772. part. \\. p. 146.

The
CLASS V. L O B S T E R S .
The habitation of this fpecies is in .the clearefl water; at the
foot of rocks that impend over the fea. This has given oppor-
tunity of examining more clofely-into the natural hiftory of the
animal, than many others who live in an element that prohibits moft
of the human refearches, and limits the inquiries of the moft inqui-
fitive. Lobfters are found on moft of the rocky coafts of Great
Britain. Some are taken by kthe hand ; but the greater quantity
in pots, a fort of trap formed of twigs, and baited with garbage -,
they are formed like a wire moufe-trap, fo that when the lobfter
gets in, there is no return. Thefe are fattened to a cord funk
into the fea, and their place marked by a buoy.
They begin to breed in the fpring, and continue breeding moft
part of the fummer. They propagate more humano; and are
extremely prolific. Doctor Bafter fays he counted 12,444 eggs
under the tail, befides thofe that remained in the body, unpro-
truded. They depofit thefe eggs in the fand, where they are
foon hatched.
Lobfters change their cruft annually. Previous to their putting
off their old one, they appear lick, languid, and reftlefs. They
totally acquire a new coat in a few days; but during the time
that they remain defencelefs they feek fome very lonely place, for
fear of being attacked and devoured by fuch of their brethren that
are not in the fame weak fituation.
It is alfo remarkable, that Lobfters and Crabs will renew their
claws, if by accident they are torn off; and it is certain they will
grow again in a few weeks.
They are very voracious animals, and feed on fea-weeds, 6n
garbage, and on all forts of dead bodies.

C Additional
 L O B S T E R S . CLASS V :
Additional to this, I beg leave to give an accurate account of
the natural hiftory of this animal, communicated to me by the in-'
genious Mr. Travis, furgeon, at Scarborough.

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Scarborough, 25th 051. IJ6$.
'SIR,
« W E have vail numbers of fine Lobfters on the rocks,
* near our coaft. The large ones are in general in their beft. feafon
« from the middle of October till the beginning of May. Many
1
of the fmall ones, and fome few of the larger fort are good all
* the fummer. If they be four inches and a half long or upwards*
« from the tip of the head to the end of the back fhell, they are
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called fizeable Lobfters. If only four inches, they are efteemed
' half fize; and when fold, two of them are reckon'd for one of
' fize. If they be under four inches, they are called pawks, and
' are not faleable to the carriers, though, in reality, they are in-
' the fummer months fuperior to the large ones in goodnefs. The
' pincers of one of the lobfters large claws are furnifhed with
' knobs, and thofe of the other claw are always ferrated. With the
* former it keeps firm hold of the ftalks of fubmarine plants, and
* with the latter it cuts and minces its food very dextroufly. T h e
« knobbed or numb claw, as the Fifhermen call it, is fometimes
' on the right and fometimes on the left, indifferently. It is more
1
dangerous to be feized by them with the cutting claw than the
* other; but in either cafe, the quickeft way to get difengaged
1
from the creature is to pluck off" its claw. It feems peculiar
* to the Lobfter and Crab, when their claws are pulled off", that
' they will grow again, but never fo large as at firft.
' The Female or Hen Lobfter does not caft her (hell the fame
4
year that fhe depofits her ova, or, in the common phrafe, is in
* berry.

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CLASS V. L O B S T E R S ,
« ^rry. When the ova firfl appear under her tail, they are very
* fmall and extremely black; but they become in- fucceffion al-
e
moft as large as ripe elder-berries before they be depofited, and
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turn of a dark brown color, efpecially towards the end of the
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time of her depofiting them. They continue full and depofiting
* the ova in conftant fucceffion, as long as any of that black fub-
1
fiance can be found in their body, which, when boiled, turns of
« a beautiful red color, and is called their coral. Hen Lobfters
* are found in berry at all times of the year, but chiefly in winter.
6
It is a common miftake, that a berried Hen is always in perfe&ion
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for the table. When her berries appear large and brownifh, Ihe
' will always be found exhaufled, watery, and poor. Though the
1
ova be caft at all times of the year, they feem only to come to
1
life during the warm fummer months of July and Auguft. Great
1
numbers of them may then be found, under the appearance of
(
tad-poles, fwimming about the little pools left by the tides among
;
the rocks, and many alfo under their proper form, from half an
:
inch to four inches in length.
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In cafting their (hells, it is hard to conceive how the Lobfter is
'• able to draw the fifh of their large claws out, leaving the fhells
:
entire and attached to the fhell of their body •, in which flate they
;
are conflantly found. The fifhermen fay the Lobfter pines before
;
cafting, till the fifh in its large claw is no thicker than the quill of a
goofe, which enables it to draw its parts through the joints and nar-
row paflage near the trunk. The new fhell is quite membraneous at
firfl, but hardens by degrees. Lobfters only grow in fize while their
fhells are in their foft flate. They are chofen for the table, by their
being heavy in proportion to their fize; and by the hardnefs of their
fhells on their fides, which, when in perfection, will not yield to
C 2 ' moderate
 L O B S T E R S . CLASS V.
* moderate preffure. Barnacles and other fmall fhell-fiih adhering
4
to them are efteemed certain marks of fuperior goodnefs. Cock-
« Lobfters are in general better than the Hens in winter ; they are
« diftinguifhed by the narrownefs of their tails, and by their having
« a ftrong fpine upon the center of each of the tranfverfe proceffes
' beneath the tail, which fupport the four middle plates of their
* tails. The fifh of a Lobfter's claw is more tender, delicate, and
1
eafy of digeftion than that of the tail. Lobfters are not taken here
* in pots, as is ufual where the water is deeper and more ftill than
* it is upon our coafh Our fiihermen ufe a bag-net fixed to an iron
c
hoop, about two feet in diameter, and fufpended by three lines
* like a fcale. The bait is commonly filh-guts tied to the bottom and
* middle of the net. They can take none in the day-time, except'
* when the water is thick and opake •, they are commonly caught
* in the night, but even then it is not poffible to take any when
* the fea has that luminous appearance which is fuppofed to pro-
1
ceed from the nereis noftiluca. In fummer,uhe Lobfters are found
' near the more, and thence to about fix fathoms depth of water ;
4
in winter, they are feldom taken in lefs than twelve or fifteen
' fathoms. Like other infects, they are much more active and
" * alert in warm weather than in cold. In the water they can run
4
nimbly upon their legs or fmall claws, and if alarmed can fpring
* tail-foremoft, to a furprifing diftance, as fwift as a bird can fly.
' The fiihermen can fee them pafs about thirty feet, and by the
4
- fwiftnefs of their motion, fuppofe they may go much farther.
. c Athen<cus remarks this circumftance, and fays, that the incarvated
' Lobfters will faring with the aftivity of dolphins. Their eyes are-
' raifed upon moveable bafes, which enables them to fee readily
* every way. • When frightened, they will fpring from a confider-
* able
 CLASS V." L O B S T E R S. j
1
able diftance to their hold, in the rock; and what is not Ms fur-
'prifingthan true, will throw themfelves into their hold in that
'« manner, through an entrance barely fufficient for their bodies to
* pafs; as is frequently feen by the people who endeavor to take
« them at Filey Bridge. In frofty weather, if any happen to be
'found near the fhore, they are quite torpid and benumbed. . A
* fizeable Lobfter is commonly from one pound to two in weight.
* There was one taken here this fummer which weighed above four,
« and the fifhermen fay they have feen fome which were of fix
' pounds, but thefe are very rare.
* I am, Sir, Gfr/

I conclude with faying, that the Lobfter was well known to the
ancients, and that it is well defcribed by Ariftotle, under the name
of Araxos * ; that it is found as far as the Hellefyont, and is called,,
at Conjiantinopk) f Liczuda, and Lichuda.

Cancer. Lin. SyJ}. 1053. Homarus.

Locufta. la Langoufte. Rondel.pi/e. 535. 22. SPIN-T-

L . with a front broad, armed with two large fpines, and between
them a fmaller, guards to the.eyes, which are prominent; Antenna
longer than body and tail; fpiny at their origin; beneath them
two lefTer; claws ihort, fmall, fmooth ; fangs fmall, lingle, hin«
ged; legs fiender and fmooth ; body and thorax horrid with fpines;
tail longer than that of the common Lobfter; on each part, above,
is a white fpot, the bottoms are crooked and ferrated; the tail-
fin, partly membranaceous, partly cruitaceous.

* Rift. An. lih. iv. c. t. '

•f BthnHift, Poijfons. 357.
Inhabits
 L O B S T E R S . ' CLASS V .
H
Inhabits our rocky coafts •, often taken about the promontory
of Llyn-, and Bardfey ifle.
The French name of this fpecies has been barbaroufly tranflated
into the\ Long-cyjler.

Ar8us. C. Lin. Sjj}. 1053. No. 75. Faun. Sued No. 2040.
2 j . BROAD. Sqtiillai lata. Rondel. 545.
Z4-K.

L. with two broad ferrated plates before the eyes •, fhort furcated
antenna ; body and tail flat and broad.
Size of the fpiny Lobfter.
Found by Doctor Borlafe on Car eg Killas, in Mounts-Bay. Is
common to the four quarters of the world.

Norvigicus. Cancer Norvegkus. Lin. Syfl. 1053.

24. N O R - Sundfiord. Pontop. Norway, ii. 175. tab.p. 177.
WAY.

L. with a long fpiny fnout; thorax flightly fpiny ; body marked

with three ridges; claws very long, angular, and (along the
angles) fpiny •, antenna long -, legs flender, clawed •, tail long ;
elegantly marked with fmooth and fliort-haired fpaces, placed
alternately.
Common length, from tip of the claws to the end of the tail
near nine inches.

Bamjfius. Leo. Rondel. 542.

2 ; . LONG-
CLAWED-.
L. with a fmooth thorax, with three {harp flender fpines in front;
claws fix inches and a half long, flender and rough ; fangs itraitj
legs weak, briftly ; antenna flender, two- inches and a half long ;
tail and body about five inches.
Taken
CLASS V. ' L O B S T E R S . ' \ ^
Taken near Bamff. Communicated to me by the Reverend Mr.
Cordiner, and engraven from his beautiful drawing.

Cancer, tin. Sjft. 1052* , Strigofus.

26. P L A T E * .

L . with a pyramidal fpiny fnout; thorax elegantly plated ; each

plate marked near its junction with ihartftri<e ; claws much longer
than the body, thick, echinated, and tuberculated •, the upper
fang trifid ; only three legs, fpiny on their fides ; tail broad.
The largeft of this fpecies is about fix inches long.
Inhabits the coafts of Angle/ea; under (tones and fuel. Very
acYive. If taken, flaps its tail againft the body with much vio-
lence and noife.

Cancer. Lin. Syji. I O J I . JJlacus.

27. CRAW-
riSH
L. with a projecting fnout flightly ferrated on the fides; a fmooth *
thorax; back fmooth, with two fmall fpines on each fide ; claws
large, befet with fmall tubercles ; two firft pair of legs clawed ;
the two next fubulated ; tail confifts of five joints ; the caudal fins
rounded.
Inhabits many of the rivers of England; lodged in holes which
they form in the clayey banks. Cardan fays that this fpecies is a
fign of the goodnefs of water; for in the bell water, they are boiled
into the reddeft color *.

Squilla Crangon. Rondel. 547. Serratus.

28. PRAWN,

L. with a long ferrated fnout bending upwards; three pair of very

long filiform feelers; claws fmall, furnifhed with two fangs; fmooth

• Quoted by Pbt, Hiji. Stafford/. 185.

thorax j
*%> ' . L O B S T E R S. CLASS V.
thorax; five joints to the tail; middle caudal fin fubulated; two
outmoft flat and rounded. . • *'.
Frequent in feveral fhores, amidft loofe ftones; fometimes found
at fea, and taken on the furface over thirty fathoms depth of water j
cinereous when frelh ; of a fine.red when boiled.

Squilla. Cancer Squilla. Lin.Syfi. 1051. Faun. Suec. Ne. 2037.

ag. W H I T E . Squilla Batava. Seb. Muf. iii. p. 55. tab. xxi. fig. g. i o :
Squilla fiufca. Bafier ii. 30. tab. va.fig. 5.
Squilla-Gibba. Rondel. 54g.

L. with a fnout like the prawn, but deeper and thinner; and feelers
longer in proportion to the bulk; the fub-caudal fins rather larger;
is at full growth not above half the fize of the forme/.
Inhabits the coafts of Kent ; is fold in London under the name
of the white Jhrbnf> as it affumes that color when boiled.

Cr-angon. Cancer Crangon. Lin. Sjfi. 1052.

30. S H R I M P . Squilla marina Batava. _ Bafier. ii. 27.tab.i1i.fig. 1. 11.
Reefel infcS. iii. tab. Ixiii.

L. with long flender feelers, and between them two thin project-
ing lamina; claws with afingle-hookedmoveable fang; three pair
of legs; feven joints in the tail; the middle caudal fin fubulated ;
the four others rounded and fringed; a fpine on the exterior fide of
each of the outmoft.
Inhabits the fandy fhores of Britain* in vaft quantities. The
moft delicious of the genus.

6 Cancer
CLASS V. L O B S T E R S . .' 17

Cancer. Lin. Syjl~ 1056. v Linearis.

Lefler garnel or lhrimp. Marten's Sj>itz.berg* 115. tab.?, fig. \. . . 3!.LINEAR.

L. with long (lender claws, placed very near the head, with a
(lender body, and fix legs on each fide -, is about half an inch long.
Found in the fand, on the fhofe of Flint/hire j is very frequent
in Spitzbergen:

. Cancer. Lin. Sjji. 1056. Atomos.

Mirum animalcuJum in-corallinh, &c. Bafier. i. 43. tab. Iv.fig. 11; 32. A T O M .

la. with a (lender body ; filiform antenna; three pair of legs near
the head ; behind which are two pair of oval ve/icuU; beyond, are
three pair of legs, and a (lender tail between the laft pair.
Very minute. The help of the microfcope often necefiary for
its infpeclion.

C. Lin. Sjfi. 1055. No. 8i. v Pukx.

33. F L E A .

L, with five pair of legs, and two pair of claws imperfect; with
twelve joints in the body.
Very common in fountains and rivulets; fwims fwiftly in an
incurvated pofture on its back; embraces and protects its young
between the legs \ does not leap.

L . Lin. Syfi. IO55. No. 8 2 . Locujla.

Rofel Infctt. iii. lab. 62. 34. L O C U S T .

L. with four antenna; two-pair of imperfect claws ; the firft joint

ovated ; body confifts of fourteen joints, in which it differs from
the former.
D Abounds
 *8 C O B 3 T E R S, CLASS ^

Abounds in fummer-time on the fhofes, beneath ftones and;

alg<e\ leaps about with.vafl: agility...

Sa/inus. Cancer. Lin. Sjji. 10561

35. SALT.

L. with jointed body; hands withoutclaws,; antenn<&JhQxttrt\\zn\

the body ; ten pair of legs ; tail filiform, fubulated ; very minute..
Difcovered by Doctor Maty in the fait pans at Limington..

Stognalis: Cancer. Lin. Syft. 1056.'.

36. FOND.

L. with jointed body ; hands without claws; a bifid tail;

Inhabits the crannies of rocks, in freflv. waters; fufpefted by/
Unnaus to be the larva of an Ephemera.^

The two, laft never, fell under my notice..

Muntii. . C. Lin. 5y/?.J054. No. 7 6 , ,

37.MANTIS. .

L. with mort antenna •, fhort thorax, and two pinnated fubftances-

on each fide.; three pair of claws with hairy ends; the body long,,
divided, by eight fegments : two fins on each, fide of the. tail;. taii<
;, conoid, with fpines on the margin...
From the PORTLAND cabinets
We) mouth..

Bernardm. Cancer. Lin. Syft. 1049. -

38. H E R M I T *

C. with rough claws; the right claw-is tfe longer; the legs fubit*.
lated, and ferrated along the upper ridge; the tail naked and ten*
d
2 er,
CLASS V, L O B S T E R S.

-der,' and furnillied with a hook, by which it fecures itfelf in its

lodging.
This fpecies is parafkic,- and -inhabits the empty cavities of
turbFnated (hells, changing its habitation according to its increafe
of growth, from the fmall nerite, to the large whelk. Nature denies
j t the ftrong covering behind, which it has bellowed on others of
-this clafs, and therefore directs it to take refuge in the deferted
cafes of other animals.
Ariftotle defcribes it very exactly under the name of Kxfxmov *.
By the moderns it is called the foldier, from the idea of its dwelling
in a tent; or the hermit, from retiring into a cell.

* "Htfi. An. Ub.'vt. c 4. lib. v. c. J 5 .

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