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Professor G, O. Sars ; a similar series from the British Isles, received 

 from the Reverend A. M, Norman; and a miscellaneous collection of 

 authentically determined species received through Professor A. Milne- 

 Edwards, from the Jardin des Plantes at Paris. These European 

 collections have been of the greatest service for comparison with our 

 closely allied or identical species. The collection from the Reverend 

 Mr. Norman, however, has been received since the following pages 

 were written, so that it is only occasionally referred to. 



To the kindness of Mr. J. F. Whiteaves of Montreal, I am indebted 

 for the opportunities of examining very nearly all the crustaceans 

 obtained in his extended explorations of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 

 Brief accounts of these explorations by Mr, Whiteaves, whose inves- 

 tigations have added very largely to the knowledge of the fauna of the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence, are contained in his several reports to the 

 Minister of Marine and Fisheries for the Dominion of Canada. 



Gelasimus pugnax Smith. 



Salt-marshes at Provincetown ! (1872) and Barnstable ! (18'75), 

 Massachusetts, and south to Florida ! (Col. W. E. Foster, Dr. H. S. 

 Williams, et al.) and the island of Hayti ! (Dr. D. F. Weinland, J. S. 

 Adam). 



Gelasimus pugilator Latreille ex Bosc. 



Muddy and sandy flats, Provincetown!, Massachusetts, 18'72, to 

 the west coast of Florida ! (Col. E. Jewett). These species of Gelas- 

 imus and the two following species belong properly to the fauna of 

 southern New England, which, as I have elsewhere remarked, seems 

 to extend across Cape Cod into the shallow waters of Cape Cod Bay. 



Callinectes hastatUS Ordway ex Say. 



A large specimen of this sj^ecies has been reported from Salem, 

 Massachusetts, (C. Cooke, American Naturalist, i, p. 52, 1867). This 

 individual was probably only a wanderer from farther south, although 

 the species may occur in Cape Cod Bay, during favorable seasons. 



PlatyonichUS OCellatuS Latreille ex Herbst. 



Provincetown ! (1872) and Barnstable ! (1875), Massachusetts ; 

 abundant at the latter place. Fort Macon !, North Carolina (Coues, 

 Packard), to Key West, Florida (Gibbes). Sandy shores and bot- 

 toms, low water to 10 fathoms. 



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