304 PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



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Series III. — Educational Series. 



Prepared by Richard Ratiibux. 



The United States National Museum, having received frequent appli- 

 cations for collections representing the principal groups of marine in- 

 vertebrate animals occurring upon our coast, and suitable for class 

 demonstration, in connection with zoological lectures, has prepared fifty 

 collections of this character, for distribution the present winter. The 

 specimens necessary for this undertaking have been selected from among 

 the duplicates accumulated by the United States Fish Commission, in 

 their explorations of the New England coast, and, therefore, represent 

 only those groups which occur more or less abundantly in the waters 

 of that region. At the present time, it is impossible to enlarge these 

 sets, as many of the representative species, which it would be desirable 

 to include in them, are of too rare occurrence, and have been collected 

 only in small numbers. 



The sijecimens are all i^reserved in alcohol, unless otherwise indicated 

 in the list, and each set contains all the species enumerated. 



Washington, D. C, November, 1881. 



CRUSTACEA. 



DBCAPODA. 



1. Gelasimus pugnax Suiitli. 



Fiddler Crab. 

 U. S. F. C. — New Haveu, Coun., shore. 



2. Callinectes hastatus Ordway. 



Blue Crab ; Edible Crab. 

 U. S. F. C— Chesapeake Bay. 



3. Cancer irroratus Say. 



Rock Crab. 

 U. S. F. C. — Viueyard Sound, Mass. 



4. Libinia emarginata Leach. 



Spider Crab. 

 U. S. F. C. — Viueyard Souud, Mass. 



5. Euprognatha rastellifera Stimp. 



U. S. F. C— 74 miles S. of Nantucket Id., 

 76 fath. 



6. Hippa talpoida Say. 



Sand Bug; Bait Bug. 

 U. S. F. C— Wood's Holl, Mass., shore. 



7. Eupagurus pollicaiis Stimp. 



Hermit Crab. 

 U. S. F. C. — New Haven, Conn. 



8. Eupagurus longicarpus Stimp. 



Hermit Crab. 

 U. S. F, C— Narragansett Bay, R. I., 5 to 

 15 fath. 



9. Parapagurus pilosimauus Smith. 



Hairy-clawed Hermit Crab. 

 U. S. F. C— 87 miles S. of Martha's Vine- 

 yard, 312 fath. 



10. Muuida, sp. 



U. S. F. C. — 7:3 miles S. of Martha's Vine- 

 yard, 65 fath. 



11. Homarus americanus Edw. 

 American Lobster. 



U. S. F. C. — New England coast. 



12. Crangon vulgaris Fabr. 

 Common Shrimp. 



U. S. F. C— Narragausett Bay, R. I, 



13. Pandalus leptocerus Smith. 

 Deep-water Prawn. 



U. S. F. C— 60 miles S. of Martha's Vine- 

 yard, 45 fath. 



14. Palaemonetes vulgaris Stimp. 

 Common Prawn. 



U. S. F. C— Narragansett Bay, R. I. 



