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Off Back River Light, Chesapeake Bay; May 9, 1888; Grampus; 

 1 young (61074). 



Chesapeake Bay; No. 2 B Buoy, N. by W. % W., No. 3 B Buoy W. 

 Yi N.; 11.44 m.; July 9, 1920; station 8830, Fish Hawk; 19 males, 6 

 females, (55734). 



Off mouth of Chesapeake Bay; Fisli Hawk: Lat. 37° 01' 09" N., 

 long. 75° 59' 20" W. ; 4)^ fathoms; hrd. brk. Sh. ; 49° F. ; April 22, 1916; 

 station 8501 ; 1 young (58365). Lat. 37° 03' 18" N., long. 75° 58' 12" 

 W.; 7}.< fathoms; sft. fne. S. brk. Sh.; 48.5° F.; December 3, 1915; 

 station 8371 ; 1 female (58364). Lat. 36° 59' 55" N., long. 76° 00' 42" 

 W.; 7}^ fathoms; hrd. fne. gy. S.; 53.4° F.; December 3, 1915; station 

 8369; 1 specimen (58363). 



Cape Henry; William Evans; 2 males, small (2510). 



Lynnhaven Roads; 1916; Fish Hawk: Beach; June 7; 2* males, 3 

 females (55556). In seine; July 16; 10 males, 1 female (61890). 



NORTH CAROLINA.— Off Cape Hatteras; October 19, 1884; 

 ATbatrass: Lat. 35° 21' 30" N.; long. 75° 25' 00" W.; 11 fathoms; 

 crs.gy. S.; station 2286; 3 females (8791). Lat. 35° 21' 25" N.; long. 

 75° 24' 25" W.; 13 fathoms; crs. gy. S.; station 2285; 2 females 

 (P.M.Y.U.). 



Middle Sound, near Wilmington; April 18, 1880; R. E. Earll, 

 U. S. Fish Comm.; 2 males (4016). 



SOUTH CAROLINA.— Charleston; 6 males and females (4493). 



Charleston Harbor; 7.8 fathoms; stky.; temperature 58° F.; March 

 13, 1891; station 1659, Fish Hawk; 3 males, 1 female, 2 young (17174). 



OVALIPES OCELLATUS GUADULPENSIS (Saussure) 



Plate 4 



Cancer Ciri Apoa, sen Aratu Pinirua, Brasiliensis Seba, Thesaurus, vol. 3, 1758, 



p. 44, pi. 18, fig. 9. "Color ab omni -parte idem dilute flavus, splendens." 

 Poriunus guadulpensis Savssvre, Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve, vol. 14, 



1858, p. 433 [17], pi. 2, fig. 10 (type-locality, Guadeloupe; type ^ in Geneva 



Mus.). 

 Platyonichus ocellatiis var. Smith, Rept. U. S. Commr. of Fish and Fisheries for 



1885 (1886), p. 632. 

 Ovalipes ocellatiis floridanus Hay and Shoue, Bull. Bur. Fisheries, vjoI. 35, 1915-16 



(1918), p. 427, pi. 32, fig. 8 (type-locality, Pensacola, Florida; type. Cat. 



No. 47959, U.S.N.M.). 



Diagnosis. — Color uniform, unspotted. No median band of en- 

 larged granules. Orbits wider than in the preceding, distance between 

 outer and inner orbital spines exceeding distance between suborbital 

 spines. 



Description. — Carapace less arched than in 0. ocellatus ocellatus 

 and evenly granulate all over. Antero-lateral spines, especially the 

 outer orbitals, more acute. Orbits usually wider and in consequence 



• Examined by Dr. J. Carl. 



