CRUSTACEA. 



11 



THORACOSTRACA. 



DECAPODA. 



INACHIDAE. 





26. Hyas coaectatus Leach. 





Toad crab. 





Hyas coarctatus Leach, Trans. Linn. soc. London, 1815, vol, 

 11, p. 329. "Habitat in maei Beitax^tico; apud Feith of 

 FoETH, Plymouth Sound et Salcombe." 



Hyas coarctata Mihie Edwards, R. Anim. de Cuvier, disciples 

 ed., p. 90, pi. 32, fig. 3. 



On sandy and gravelly bottoms, 5^ to 906 fathoms. 



Me. — From Bay of Fundy westward. 



N. H. 



Mass. 



R. I. — Cox Ledge; Block Island Sound. 



27. Hyas aeaneus (Linne). 



Toad crab. 



Cancer araneus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 628. 

 "in Oceano Eueop^o." 



Hyas araneus Leach, Mai. Podoph. Brit., 1816, pi. 21 A, and 

 explanatory text. 



5 to 106 fathoms. 



Me. — From Bay of Fnndy westward. 



Mass. — As far south as Caj)e Cod. 



28. Pelia mutica (Gibbes). 



Pisa rnutica Gibbes, Proc. amer. assoc. adv. sci., 1850, vol. 

 3, p. 171 [7]. "Chaeleston Haeboe, off White Point Bat- 

 tery, [S. C.]." 



Pelia mutica A. Milne Edwards, Miss. sci. an Mexique, 1875, 

 pt. 5, vol. 1, p. 73, pi. 16, fig. 2. 



