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Measurements.— Males attain a width of 5 inches, females 4% inches. 

 Male (48394), total length of carapace 60.2, width of same 125.7, 

 width at anterior base of lateral spine 103.7, fronto-orbital width 

 46, width of front 14 mm. 



Range.— New Jersey; North Carolina to State of Sao Paulo, Brazil; 

 Bermudas. Exceptionally in fresh water (Brues). 



Material examined. — 



NEW JERSEY.— 1928; Horace G. Richards; specimens returned 

 f to sender: Avalon; August 29; 1 young male. On floating Zostera, 4 

 miles off Cape May; August 28; 1 young female. 



NORTH CAROLINA.— Off Cape Hatteras; lat. 35° 21' 15" N., 

 long. 75° 23' 15" W.; 14 fathoms; gy. S.; October 19, 1884; station 

 2283, Albatross; 1 male (8863). Shackleford Banks (inside), Beaufort; 

 September 12, 1928; Schmitt and Shoemaker; 1 young (62460). Off 

 Cape Fear River; 6 to 7 fathoms; July 13, 1915; stations 8278-8280, 

 Fish HawJc; 1 young (58366). 



SOUTH CAROLINA.— Winyah Bay; lat. 33° 49' 45" N., long. 

 78° 04' 00" W.; 7 fathoms; hrd.; temperature 80.5° F.; July 12, 1915; 

 station 8275, Fish Hawk; 2 young (51029). Off E. end of SulHvan's 

 Island, Charleston Harbor; on oyster bed; Whiteside and Leslie; 1 

 young female (3185). Charleston; L. Agassiz; 3 male and female, 

 cotypes (5128, M.C.Z.). 



BAHAMAS. — Andros Bank and Island, in sponges, Frederick 

 Stearns (specimens returned to sender). 1903, B. A. Bean, gift of the 

 Geographic Society of Baltimore: Eleuthera Island: Spanish Wells, 

 July 4, 1 young (31087), 3 males, 7 young (31088); Governor's Harbor, 

 July 7, 1 male, 3 young (31090); Tarpum Bay, July 7, 1 male, 6 young 

 (31089). Long Island: Clarence Harbor, July 14, 1 male (soft shell), 

 1 young (31086). 



FLORIDA. — Baker collector; 5 males, 4 females (2076). Miami; 

 G. M. Gray; 1 j^oung (42135). Bonefish Banks, SW. end Biscayne 

 Bay; November 26; B. A. Bean; 1 young (33132). Broad Creek; 

 November 24, 1906; B. A. Bean; 2 young (33133). Bamboo Key; 

 January 23, 1903; Fish Hawk; 1 young male (48879). Big Pine Key; 

 H. Hemphill; 3 males (14889). Summerland Keys; December 6, 1906; 

 B. A. Bean; 1 specimen (33127). Key West: December, 1883, D. S. 

 Jordan, 6 males, 12 females, *12 young (5847); 1884, Albatross, 7 males, 

 1 female, 5 young (18229); H. Hemphill, 8 young (18230), 11 males, 4 

 females (10053). Marco; H. Hemphill; 1 young (18231). Punta 

 Rassa; April, 1883; C. W. Ward; 6 males (5753). Tortugas; 1924; 

 W. L. Schmitt; gift of Carnegie Institution: Long Key, July 30, 5 

 young (60996); near Fort Jefferson landing, Garden Key, from bunch 

 of dead eel grass between pipes, August 17, 3 young (60997); off W^. 

 side Fort Jefferson, between beach to south and moat entrance, 

 August 19, 1 male, soft shell (60998). Bird Key; April 8, 1889; 

 Grampus; 1 male (15246). 



