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S. I. Smith — Crustaceans of the Atlantic Coast. 
Maine !, off Cape Ann ; seven miles southeast by east one-half east of 
Cape Ann, 75 fathoms, soft mud, 1878; thirteen miles southeast from 
the same point, 50 fathoms, mud and stones, 1878; and fourteen 
miles southeast from the same point, 90 fathoms, soft mud, 1877. 
Platt’s Bank! (latitude 48° 1 1' north, longitude 69° 35' west), 32 fath- 
oms, sand ; and near Jeffrey’s Ledge!, 51 fathoms, mud and gravel, 
and 125 fathoms, mud, 1874. Casco Bay!, 1873: many localities 
in and near Portland Harbor, 9 to 24 fathoms, muddy, gravelly, and 
i*ocky bottom ; East and West Cod Ledges, 10 to 15 fathoms, very 
rough and rocky, — taken with both the dredge and tangles, and 
also, in abundance, from stomachs of the “rock-cod;” 33 fathoms, 
hard, and 35 fathoms, muddy bottom, off Seguin Island ; 64 and 68 
fathoms, mud, sixteen to twenty miles southeast of Cape Elizabeth, 
— large specimens. Off the coast of Maine, near Monhegan Island !, 
42 to 65 fathoms, muddy and gravelly bottom, 1874. Cashe’s 
Ledge!, 27 to 40 fathoms, rocks and gravel, 1873, and 52 to 90 
fathoms, rocky, 1874, — abundant. St. George’s Banks!, 1872 ; 45 
fathoms, coarse sand; 50 fathoms, sand and shells; 60 fathoms, 
gravel, stones and sponges. North of George’s Banks!, latitude 42° 
11' north, longitude 67° 11' west, 150 fathoms, soft sandy mud, 1872. 
Bay of Fundy !, 1864, 1868, 1870, 1872, rarely taken among rocks at 
low- water mark !, and not uncommon in 10 to 77 fathoms. 
West of Brown’s Bank!, about latitude 42° 44' north, longitude 66° 
27' west, 75 fathoms, sand and mud, 1877. Le Have Bank!, 45 fath- 
oms, gravel and stones, and 60 fathoms, sand, gravel and stones, 1872. 
Off Cape Negro and off Shelburne, Nova Scotia!, 47 fathoms, stony, 
and 59 fathoms, pebbles, sand and rocks, 1877. In and near Halifax 
Harbor, Nova Scotia !, 1877, 18 to 57 fathoms, common on bottoms 
of rocks, rocks and nullipora, gravel and sand, fine sand and mud, 
and sand and red alga 1 . Newfoundland Banks!, from stomachs of 
cod-fish (collection Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.). Gulf of St. Lawrence ! 
(Whiteaves). Labrador! (A. S. Packard, Jr.). 
Greenland (Reinhardt et al.) ; Disco Island (Norman). Norway! 
(G. O. Sars), British Islands ! (Norman), and the continent as far south 
as the British Channel (Milne-Edwards). Stimpson has reported 
this species as collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 
in Bering Straits and Bering Sea (Journal Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 
vi, 450 (10)), and Brandt (op. cit., p. 79) records a variety, which he 
names “ alutacea {us), from the Sea of Ochotsk. Stimpson, how- 
ever, subsequently (Proceedings Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1857, 
p. 227 (24)) in his official report makes no mention of specimens of 
