198 On the Decapod Crustacea uf the North Atlantic. 



the following Table, in wliicli the bathymetrical habitat is 

 given approximately in even hundreds of fathoms, habitats of 

 less than one hundred fathoms being indicated bj —100; tlie 

 diameter is the approximate average of the longer and shorter 

 diameters, usually of several eggs from two or three indivi- 

 duals ; and the number, or estimated number, of eggs is 

 for a single individual of medium or large size, or the extremes 

 of variation in two or more individuals. 



Diaraeter and Number of Decapod Eggs. 



