THE CRUSTACEA OF NEW JERSEY. 427 



— S. I. Smith, Rep. U. S. F. Com, I, 1871-72 (1873); p. 546. Nova 

 Scotia to Vineyard Sound and No Man's Land, likely both north and 

 south. 



— Kingsley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1878, p. 317. Nova Scotia to 



West Indies. 



S. I. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 1880 (1881), p. 417. N. Lat. 



39°-40°, W. Long. 70°, in 65-225 fathoms. 



S. I. Smith, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., X, 1882, p. 5- Off Middle 



States. 



S. I. Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, p. I5- Off Middle 



States. 



Kingsley, Standard Nat. Hist., II, 1884, p. 62. Our eastern coast. 



Miers, Rep. Voy. Challenger, Brach., XVII, 1886, p. no. East coasts 



of North America. 



S. I. Smith, Rep. U. S. F. Com., XIII, 1885 (1887), p. 629. Off 



Middle States. 



Stebbing, Hist. Recent Crust. (Intern. Sci. Series LXXIV), 1893, p. 



59. North America. 



M. J. Rathbun, Amer. Nat., XXXIV, 1900, p. 134. Virginia province. 



Howe, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XIX, 1899 (1901), p. 240. N. Lat. 39°-40°, 



W. Long. 70°. 



Paulmier, 58th An. Rep. N. Y. State Mus., IV, 1904 (1905), p. 139, 



fig. (Newr York City possibly.) 



— M. J. Rathbun, Occas. Papers Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., VII, 1905, p. 

 10. (New England.) 



— Mayer, Sea Shore Life, 1906, p. 104, fig. 71. Long Island to Nova 



Scotia. 

 Cancer v-roratus (part) Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., I, pt. i, 1817, p. 



59 (female). Inhabits the ocean. 

 Platycarcinus irroratus De Kay, N. Y. Fauna, Crust., VI, 1844, p. 6 (nee PL 



2, fig. 2). Long Island. 

 Gibbes, Proc. Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci., HI, 1850 (1851), p. 176. New 



England and Middle States collections. 



Description. — Carapace well convex, surface rather uneven 

 and grooves obscure or ill-defined. Contour of carapace 

 broadly convex anteriorly, with front moderately or little con- 

 spicuous, anterior lateral sides bulging very obliquely, and hind 

 edge well constricted, with emargination each side. Front with 

 five distinct nearly equal similar tubercles, arranged to form 

 slightly triangular contour with median spine at apex, and spine 

 each side of median one a little broader. Outermost of frontal 

 spines little elevated to form orbital wall. Hind edge of orbit, as 

 seen from above, with slight median notch and another median in 



