CRUSTACEA. 11 



THORACOSTRACA. DECAPODA. 



INACHIDAE. 



26. Hyas coarctatus Leach. 



Toad crab. 



Hyas coarctatus Leach, Trans, Linn. soc. London, 1815, vol. 

 11, }). 329. "Habitat in mart Britannico; apud Frith of 

 Forth, Plymouth Sound et Salcoaibe." 



Hyas coarctata Milne Edwards, R. Anim. de Cuvier, disciples 

 ed., p. 90, pi. 32, fig. 3. 



On sandy and gravelly bottoms, 5^ to 906 fathoms. 



Me. — From Bay of Fundy westward. 



N. H. 



Mass, 



rj. T. — Cox Ledge; Block Island Sound. 



27. Hyas araneus (Linne). 



Toad crab. 



Cancer araneus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 628, 

 "in Oceano Europ.eo." 



Hyas araneus Leach, Mai. Fodoph. Brit., 1816, pi. 21 A, and 

 explanatory text. 



5 to 106 fathoms. 



Me.- — F'rora Bay of Fixndy westward. 



Mass. — As far south as Cape Cod. 



28. Pelia mutica (Gibbes). 



Pisa mutica Gibbes, Proc. amer. assoc. adv.' sci., 1850, vol. 

 3, p. 171 [7]. "Charleston Harbor, off White Point Bat- 

 tery, [S. C.]." 



Pelia miitica A. Milne Edwards, Miss. sci. au Mexique, 1875, 

 pt. 5, vol. 1, p. 73, pi. 16, fig. 2. 



