44 S. I. Smith — Criistaceans of the Atlantic Coast. 



Maine !, oif Cape Ami ; seven miles southeast by east one-half east of 

 Cape Ann, 75 fathoms, soft miid, 18V8 ; thirteen miles southeast from 

 the same point, 50 fathoms, mud and stones, ] 8V8 ; and fourteen 

 miles southeast from the same point, 90 fathoms, soft mud, 1877. 

 Piatt's Bank! (latitude 43° 11' north, longitude 69° 35' west), 32 fath- 

 oms, sand; and near Jeffrey's Ledge!, 51 fathoms, mud and gravel, 

 and 125 fathoms, mud, 1874. Casco Bay!, 1873: many localities 

 in and near Portland Harbor, 9 to 24 fathoms, muddy, gravelly, and 

 rocky bottom ; East and West Cod Ledges, 10 to 15 fathoms, very 

 rough and rocky, — taken with both the dredge and tangles, and 

 also, in abundance, from stomachs of the "rock-cod;" 33 fathoms, 

 hard, and 35 fathoms, muddy bottom, off Seguin Island ; 64 and 68 

 fathoms, mud, sixteen to twenty miles southeast of Cape Elizabeth, 

 — large specimens. Off the coast of Maine, near Monhegan Island !, 

 42 to 65 fathoms, muddy and gravelly bottom, 1874. Cashe's 

 Ledge!, 27 to 40 fathoms, rocks and gravel, 1873, and 52 to 90 

 fathoms, rocky, 1874, — abundant. St. George's Banks!, 1872; 45 

 fathoms, coarse sand ; 50 fathoms, sand and shells ; 60 fathoms, 

 gravel, stones and sponges. North of George's Banks !, latitude 42° 

 11' north, longitude 67° 11' west, 150 fathoms, soft sandy mud, 1872. 

 Bay of Fundy !, 1864, 1868, 1870, 1872, rarely taken among rocks at 

 low- water mark!, and not uncommon in 10 to 77 fathoms. 



West of Brown's Bank!, about latitude 42° 44' north, longitude 66" 

 27' west, 75 fathoms, sand and mud, 1877. Le Have Bank !, 45 fath- 

 oms, gravel and stones, and 60 fathoms, sand, gravel and stones, 1872. 

 Off Cape Negro and off Shelburne, Nova Scotia !, 47 fathoms, stony, 

 and 59 fathoms, pebbles, sand and rocks, 1877. In and near Halifax 

 Harbor, Nova Scotia !, 1877, 18 to 57 fathoms, common on bottoms 

 of rocks, rocks and nullipora, gravel and sand, fine sand and mud, 

 and sand and red alga3. Newfoundland Banks !, from stomachs of 

 cod-fish (collection Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.). Gulf of St. Lawrence ! 

 (Whiteaves). Labrador! (A. S. Packard, Jr.). 



Greenland (Reinhardt et al.) ; Disco Island (Norman). Norway ! 

 (G. O, Sars), British Islands ! (Norman), and the continent as far south 

 as the British Channel (Milne-Edwards). Stimpson has reported 

 this species as collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 

 in Bering Straits and Bering Sea (Journal Boston Soc. Nat, Hist., 

 vi, 450 (10)), and Brandt (op. cit., p. 79) records a variety, which he 

 names " alutacea'''' (ws), from the Sea of Ochotsk. Stimpson, how- 

 ever, subsequently (Proceedings Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1857, 

 p. 227 (24)) in his official report makes no mention of specimens of 



