AST.MTS. I.;:, 



posteriorly, va. A. leniiisculus more cylindrical; the carapace is lc<s punctate 

 and less ciliate ; the rostrum is shorter ;md broader, with shorter acumen, 

 the distance between the lateral spines o!' the rostrum being equal to the 

 length of the acumen, whereas in A. /< nii^cnlnK the length of the acumen 

 much exceeds the distance between the lateral spines ; the length of the 

 part of the carapace posterior to the cervical suture is greater, being very 

 nearly equal to half the distance from the cervical groove to the tip of the 

 rostrum, while in A. Iciiiuxi-ti'iix the latter distance is twice and one hall' the 

 distance from the cervical groove to the posterior margin of the carapace ; 

 the areola is longer and narrower, considerably more than twice as long as 

 broad, while in A. leniiisciihts it is much less than twice as long as broad; 

 the spines on the carapace behind the eyes are less developed, especially the 

 posterior ones, and the chela is broader. 



4. Astacus nigrescens. 



Astacus nigrescens, STIMPSON, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., VI. 87, February, 1857. Journ. Bost, Soc. Nat. 



Hist., VI. 492, April, is:,?. 



Axfiii-ns nigrescens, HAGEN, 111. Cat. Mus. Comp. Zool., No. III. p. 92, PI. 111. Ii-- KW, 1870. 

 AstacHx nigreicens, HUXLEY, The Crayfish, p. 2W, fig. 01, 0, F, I, fig. 62, C, F, 1880. 

 Astacus nigrescens, FAXON, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., XX. 152, 1S84. 



Known Localities. California: San Francisco. Washington Territory : Fort 

 Steilacoom (Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). Alaska Territory : Oonalaska (Coll. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus.). 



In most specimens the post-orbital ridges are reduced to an anterior and 

 posterior spine, but in some there is a third spine between these two. The 

 ridge that represents the annul us ventralis of the female Cambarus is broadly 

 notched in the middle. 



A female specimen in the U. S. National Museum, from Fort Steilacoom, 

 Washington Territory (No. 2526), differs as follows from the typical form : 

 the sides of the rostrum are less inflated and more convergent, the acumen 

 shorter; the margin of the telson has only one spine on each side; the hand 

 is shorter, smoother, more coarsely punctate, the spines of the meros les: 

 developed ; the branchial regions of the carapace and the abdominal pleura 

 are more coarsely punctate. 



A male specimen in the same Museum is labelled "Oonalaska, W. H. 

 Ball." The rostrum of this specimen (No. 8954) is aborted and deformed, 

 the chela longer than usual. The locality, if correct, is an interesting one. 



