68 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



ARTHROSTRACA. A.Ml'HiroDA. 



GAMMARIDAE. 



vol. 1, \). 374. "a commox ixhaijitaxt of our rivers, and is 



FRECiUEXTLY INTRODUCED IXTO PHILADELPHIA, I>' THE SCHUYL- 

 KILL WATER." Smith, Kept. U. S. commr. of tisli S: fisheries, 

 pt. 2, for 1872-1873 (1874), p. 053. 



Fresh water streams and ponds. 

 Me. — Eastport. 

 Coxx. — New Haven. 



213. Carixogammarus mucroxatus (Say). 



Ga>n?narifS niucroiiatiis Say, Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phil.. 1818, 

 vol. 1, p. 376. "coast of the Ux'^ited States." "this spe- 

 cies, .... I CAUGHT IX THE BAY' OF EgG-HARBOUR, AX'D XEAR THE 



MOUTH OF St. Johx's river, Florida." 



Low water and among algae ; often in brackish water. 

 Me. — Quahog Bay, Casco Bay. 

 Mass. — Provincetown ; Woods Hole. 

 R. I. — Newport. 



214. Melita dextata (Kroyer). 



Gammarus dentatus I^rojer, Naturli. tidssk., 1842. vol. 4, p. 

 159. " Groexlandia australi." 



Melita dentata G. O. Sars, Crust. Norway, 1894, vol. 1, p. 513, 

 pi. 181, fig. 1. 



Me. — Casco Bay. 



Gulf of Maine ; Cashes Ledge ; off Georges Bank. 

 Mass. — Off Half-way Rock, Salem; off Race Point; off Cape 

 Cod. 



R. I.— Off Watch Hill. 

 Coxx.— Off Fisher's Island. 

 From 7i to 430 fathoms. 



