14 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



TIIORACOSTRACA. DECAPODA. 



PORCELLANIDAE. 



34. POLYONYX MACRO(JHELES (Gibbes). 



Porcellana macrocheles Gibbes, Proc. Amer, assoc. adv. sci., 

 1850, vol. 3, p. 191 [27]. "coast of South Carolina." 



Porcellana {Poly onyx) macrocheles Faxon, Bull. mus. comp. 

 zool., 1879, vol. 5, p. 256, pis. 2 and 3. 



A southern species. 



R. I. — Newport, under stones on shore. Zoeae at mouth of 

 Narragansett Bay, and at Newport. 



LITHODIDAE. 



35. LiTHODEs MAJA (Linne). 



Northern stone crab ; Spider crab. 



Cancer maja Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 629. 

 "in Oceano Europ.eo." 



Lithodes maja Leach, Mai. Podo})h. Brit., 1816, pi. 24 and 

 explanatory text. 



From Casco Bay, Me., to Mass. Bay, 52 to 141 fms.; off Nan- 

 tucket, 291 fms. 



PAGURIDAE. 



36. Pagurus pollicaris Say. 



Warty hermit crab. 



Pagurus jyollicaris Say, Jonrii. acad. nat. sci. Phil., 1817, 

 vol. 1, p. 162. "(OAST OF THE LTxiTED States." De Kay, 

 Nat. hist. New York, pt. 6, Crust., 1844, p. 19, pi. 8, fig. 21. 



P^rom Cape Cod Bay to Long Island Sound. Low water mark 

 to 14 fathoms. 



