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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  [60] 
  

  

  NEMATOCARCINIDiE. 
  

  

  Nematocarcinus 
  ensiferus 
  Smith. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  XVII, 
  Fig. 
  2.) 
  

   Specimens 
  examined. 
  

  

  The 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  carapax 
  below 
  the 
  orbit 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   the 
  antenna 
  were 
  not 
  accurately 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

   given 
  in 
  my 
  last 
  report, 
  and 
  a 
  corrected 
  figure 
  is 
  therefore 
  given 
  with 
  

   tbe 
  illustrations 
  accompanying 
  this 
  report. 
  

  

  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  comparatively 
  small 
  and 
  considerably 
  elongated, 
  being 
  

   about 
  0.55 
  min 
  in 
  shorter 
  and 
  0.75 
  to0.80 
  u,m 
  in 
  longer 
  diameter 
  in 
  recently 
  

   preserved 
  alcoholic 
  specimens. 
  A 
  large 
  female 
  from 
  station 
  2173 
  was 
  

   carrying 
  approximately 
  16,000 
  eggs, 
  which 
  were 
  equal 
  to 
  about 
  one- 
  

   sixth 
  of 
  the 
  hulk 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  animal, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  the 
  eggs. 
  A 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  143 
  mm 
  in 
  length, 
  taken 
  in 
  18S5, 
  station 
  25(34, 
  was 
  carrying 
  over 
  

   20,000 
  eggs, 
  which 
  were 
  equal 
  to 
  approximately 
  a 
  fourth 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  

   the 
  animal, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  the 
  eggs. 
  

  

  