S. I. Smith — Crustaceans of the Atlantic Coast. 1 1 1 



1877; adult males and a female carrying eggs, May 2, 1878; and 

 a young specimen January 20, 1876. Gloucester!, Massachusetts, ^ 

 7 to 10 fathoms, sand and red algae, August, 1878, — the young f^p^v 

 abundant, the adult females, cai'rying eggs and young, common, 

 but the adult males rather rare. Casco Bay!, August, 1873: 9 

 fathoms, sand and mud, — one male and four egg-bearing females; 

 also at other depths ; and the young taken at the surface, in the even- 

 ing. Trenton Bay !, coast of Maine (A. E. Verrill). Halifax !, Nova 

 Scotia, 18 to 20 fathoms, fine sand, stones and red algse, 1877. Also 

 one hundred and twenty miles south of Halifax !, 190 fathoms, gravel 

 and pebbles, 1877, — two egg-bearing females. Northumberland 

 Straits, Gulf of St. Lawrence!, 1873 (J. F. Whiteaves). 



Diastylis sculptus G. O. Sars. 

 Diastylis sculpta G. 0. Sars, (Efversight af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akad. Forhandliu- 

 gar, Stockholm, 1871, p. 71; Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akad. Handlingar, ix, 

 no. 13, p. 24, pis. 1 to 9, figs. 1-49, 1871. — Smith, Invertebrate Animals of Vine- 

 yard Sound, Report U. S. Commissioner Fish and Fisheries, part i, p. .554 (260) 

 1874; Transactions Connecticut Acad., iii, p. 29, 1874. 



Off Shinnecock Bay, Long Island, 18 fathoms (Josephine Expedi- 

 tion, G. O. Sars), Block Island Sound!, 17 fathoms, sand; and off 

 Watch Hill!, Rhode Island, IS fathoms, 1874. I have no record of 

 tlie dredging of this species in Vineyard Sound, but it was not 

 uncommon in collections made at the surface, during July, Auoust 

 and September, 1871 and 1875. Most of these specimens are females 

 or young and were taken both during the day-time and evenino; ; 

 adult males occurred rarely, however. A single adult specimen of 

 the male was also collected at the surface, at the same locality, in 

 April, 1877, by Vinal N. Edwards. Gloucester Harbor!, Massachu- 

 setts, 7 to 10 fathoms, sand and red algfe, 1878, Also off Gloucester ! 

 and off Cape Ann!, 1878: 26 fathoins, sand, gravel and stones; 35 

 fathoms, sand; 33 fathoms, sand and gravel. Casco Bay!, 1873; at 

 the surface in the evening ; among Laminaria ; 9 fathoms, sand and 

 mud; 17 fathoms, mud ; 27 to 34 fathoms, hard bottom. Bay of 

 Fundy ! : found at low-water mark !, in sandy mud, 1868 ; at the sur- 

 face, at low-water mark, and in 4 fathoms, very soft mud, 1872 ; also 

 in 60 fathoms, mud, off Head Harbor, 1872, Near Halifax !, Nova 

 Scotia, in company with D. Rathhii and T). quadrispinosus, 20 

 fathoms, soft mud and fine sand, 1872. Halifax Harbor!, 16, 18 and 

 21 fathoms, fine sand, stones and red algge, 1877. About one hundred 

 and twenty miles south of Halifax !, 1 90 fathoms, gravel and pebbles, 



