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Forekomst. Mariier skriver (op. cil. n" 4, |i. 3cSli: .iTliis s|ieeies \\;i.s deserihed 

 hy Stiinpson Ironi (lluirleston, S. C. .Most of Ihe s|ieeiineus in llie eolleclion are from 

 N'ineyard Souml!, where it occiirs somelimes iii great abmulance , and i.s eommon 

 e.s|ieciaily (luring tlie wiater. It is foiuul swimmint; about in shaliow water, and mav iie 

 taken by a seoop-net, and it is fonnd also in iolistcr i)Ots. Il was dredyed in 'ih l'allioms 

 olV Block Islands I ncar tbe eastern end ol' Loni; Island S(jund. in IISTI. ImiI bas not yct 

 been fouud nortb of Cape Cod." Derpaa giver llarger eu speciellere Liste, bvorlil ben- 

 vises. — De to af mig uudersogte E.\emplarer ere tilbyttede fra A. M. Norman, der vist 

 har fuaet Arten fra Nordamerika. 



Sammesteds skriver llarger: "Lengtb uf large specimens 32""", breadtb Id""", 

 bnl nsnaily smaller; 22°'"' long , 7"'" broad. 'I'be groiiiid r(dor in life is yellowisb. wilb 

 reddisii brovvn on tbe anlerior margin of llie liead and on tbe posterior margins uf llic 

 segments, especially in tiie dorsal region, vvlierc tbe segments are also marked witli black 

 dots. In tbe life tbe body is somevvbat ti-ansbieent in tbe tbinner parts.» ~ llarger 

 har ogsaa i op. eit. n" 4 sammenstillet Artens riglige Synonyn)i indtil 1<S7H. 



Leidy meddeler (op. eit. n° 1), at ban, gaaende ved Strandbredden ved Beacb Haven, 

 New Jersey, fandt "liere and tbere a dead erab, Callinecies liastatus, lying on tbe sand, 

 near tbe last bigb tide mark. Tbe erabs oliserved happened to be all females and tbey 

 appeared to bave died reeently, as sonie were qnile fresb and sbowed no signs of deeoin- 

 position. Otbers, broken open by remoxing Ibe rarapace, were foiind to ba\i' tbe bddy 

 cavity swarniiiig with a living isopod, Ibi' Citxdaua concharum. wbiidi bad preyed upon 

 the organs and were varionsly eolored by Ibe biod witb wbieb tbey were uorijed. iM'urn 

 a single erab there were taken 1(I,S of tbe C.irolana rangiiig from 15 to 22 mm. in lenulb 

 by 5 to 7 mm. in breadtb." — Den sainine I-"oiiatler anfnrer i oji. cil. n" 2, at ban senere 

 ogsaa bal' fundet den samme Cirolaiia i d(Hb> Stykker af Flatyonklius ocellatus. 



l.iirkwiMid (o[i. eit. ii° 1 , ber refereret efter Seienee. II. 1<S83, p. (JUii meddeler 

 et interessant l"ini(l af denne Art. 1 en voxen Ilnn af Krabben Callinectes liastatus ()rd\\a>, 

 funden ved New .lersey, fandtes 23 ^/i fomiue lange E.vemplarer af Cir. concltariii/i 

 (bestemte af llargen i Dyrels venstre Side. "Tbe ovaries and Ibe tissues ftii tlo' lefl side 

 were eompletely boneyeoinbed.» "Willi tbese jiredaeeoiis wolves, lilerally eonsnming ils 

 (Krabbens) inwards, it surely woiild soon sneeiimb.» Hesten af Lockwoods Antagelser 

 forbigaas, da de dels ere usikkre. dels utvivlsomt fejlagtige 



Denne Art er kun kjendt fra den af Marker omtalte kyststrækning. Naar (j. (». 

 Sars (O]), eit. 11° 3, p. (ili skriver, at den af baiii "torst paa Storeggen observerede og 

 nylig af Dr. Iloek fra den boUandske Nord[)ole.\|iedilion beskrevne Form (nemlig C. inicroph- 



thalina Iloek) stemmer fuldslændig overeens med den amerikanske Form», nemlig 



C. conchanim , saa er delte urigtigt. Sars bar ogsaa senere io[i. eit. n" 4, p. 2'.h optaget 



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