CAMBAEUS. 89 



According to Mr. P. R. Uhler, C. affims is the common form in the warmer 



parts of the rivers and creeks of Maryland, underneath .stones. In his col- 

 lection are specimens from Montgomery Co., labelled as found in " stagnant 

 pools." and specimens from Alleghany Co., four miles below Cumberland, 

 wore taken from "holes in the bottom and sides of a canal." 



A female alcoholic specimen of C. affirm in the Academy of Natural Sci- 

 ences of Philadelphia is labelled " Santo Domingo, W. M. Gabb." The locality 

 is doubtless erroneous. 



In young specimens of C. affiiiis the lateral thoracic spine on the cervi- 

 cal groove is single, and the spinules of the hepatic region are reduced to 

 a mere granulation. Very small individuals closely resemble small exam- 

 ples of C. propinquus, a's Ilagen observes. The body, however, in the young 

 C. affims is more pubescent, the rostrum is not carinated, and the hand is 

 differently shaped. The specimens in the Museum of Comparative Zoology 

 from Niagara, referred to C. affims by Ilagen, are all very young (the largest 

 measuring If in.), but I think there is no doubt of the correctness of the 

 determination. 



C. affinis is the common crayfish exposed to sale in the markets of New 

 York and other Eastern cities. 



37. Cambarus Sloanii. 



Plate IV. fijj. 5, Plate X. figs. 1, 1 , 1 a, 1 a. 



Cambarus Sloanii, Bi xdy, Bull. 111. Mus. Nat. Hist, No. I. \>. 24, 1^70. — Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 



1S77, p. 172. 

 Cambarus Sloanii, Faxon, Proc. Amcv. Acad. Arts and Sci., XX. 147, 1884. 



Male, form I. — Rostrum wide, subexcavated, plane towards the tip, 

 margins nearly parallel, acumen long, triangular ; lateral teeth small in full- 

 grown specimens, in some individuals reduced to an angle merely. Post- 

 orbital ridges witli very small anterior spines, or none. Carapace flattened 

 above, punctate, lightly granulate on the sides, lateral spines acute, ante- 

 rior border distinctly angulated, areola wide. Basal segment of telson two- 

 spined on each side. Antennal scale a little longer than the rostrum, of 

 moderate width. Anterior process of epistoma broad, excavated, emarginate 

 in front. Third pair of maxillipeds hairy within, naked below. Chela short. 

 broad, inner margin with a double scries of depressed teeth; outer finger 

 wide at base, furrowed above near the outer and inner margins; inner finger 



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