THE MATING HABITS OF F( H K SPECIES 

 OF II IK BRACHYURA. 



1 E. < HIDESTER. 



KK 1'NIYIKMIY. 



i. Impi.liii-ti'>n ...... ...................... 



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3. M.ii ....... 



4- ' 

 -S- I- 



I . INI K 1 "!'! 1 1 .v. 



In I lie i < .111 -.1 activity of the rra\ ti>h 



\\liich h.i >ied tnv .mention for tin- pa-t three years, I 



me in- 'I in tlic mating hal.it- of \i i hn >\ >da. 



Durinj tin- MHHI: ; i'>. uliilc .uiin : iciii] inr.iry 



istanl in I In.- \\i..il- Hull- l.il.i'iMi.r\ !' tin- Miin-.iu o l-'ish- 

 ciir-, I li.nl iln- "|>pi>rtiinif, rve iln- in.iiiiii.' h.il>ii 



fur .-liiiHiil \\illi tin-in t<> 



(IftiTiiiinc it |io--il'lr their in. in: lin.itii.n. 



In tin- p. MM i I >h.ill l.rirtK ! ~. ril.t- tin- iv-ult- ol.i.iiin'tl .intl 

 iniil.ii \\ork iloin- |.\ \.ui<.u- in\ tors on ill'- otln-r 



Arilm ;< "l.i. 



A. knou Ic.l-iiu-iit i- ill\- in. uli- to tin- Hon. Geo. M. 



lioui i-. LJ. S. ( oninii--i"in-r "I li-linii S, l"i tin- opportunity to 

 \\oik in tin- \\ooiU Hole l.il.i.r.it. .r\ : .uul to |'ro|'i---or J. I'. 

 roller o| (I. nk I ni\i-r-it\ for n-.idinv: -ind iTitici-in.u thi> papi-r. 



' )|;-l RVATIONS \\l> K.M'l KIMI-.N 1-. 



Tin- species observed W< .////>-, tin- Mm- cral; 



C'/;;/Cfr irronitiis. tin- common rock cral.; (,irci)ins ma;>iiis, the 

 i;ivt-n crab; /'A;/ vc;/ V(-///r.v oi'i'llntnx. tin- lad\ Tali. 



\ i|--. i ipiion of tin- differences between tin- male and the 



female; the \ ir-in female; tin . .\ igerOUS female and tin- o\ igeroUS 

 female about to la\ , \\ill apjiK" in general for all of ilie -pi , 



