672 bulletin of the bureau of fisheries. 
Cancer irroratus — Continued. 
(1 small), 44 (1 small), 45 (1 small), 46 (several), 
48 (2), 49 (2 small), 52 (many small), 53 (many 
small), 59 (6, many young), 60 (few small), 61 
(1 small), 63 (1 small), 64 (few small), 65 (2 
small), 66 (1), 68 (2 small), 70 (few small), 71 
(several small), 73 (2), 74 (2 small), 75 (2), 76 
(few), 77 (few), 79 (x), 81 (1 small), 82, 84, 85, 
102 (4 young), 104 (2 young), 107 (7), 112 
(young), 113, 114 (young), 122 (1 young), 127 
(1 small). 
Smith reports the zoeae and megalops stages as 
being abundant in June and July. 
This crab is important as a food of fishes. Smith 
reports it from the stomachs of the striped 
bass, sea bass, tautog, kingfish, sea robin, 
goosefish, summer flounder, toadfish, dogfish, 
dusky shark, sand shark, common skate, Raja 
laevis (?), Dasyatis centrum, and Myliobatis 
freminvillei. This and the following species 
are on the market as food, though little or no 
fishery exists locally. 
Cancer bo rea/w Stimpson. Jonah crab. [Chart 116.] 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 546,395; S. I. Smith, 
1879, p. 39, R. Rathbun, 1884, p. 769; M. J. 
Rathbun, 1905, p. 9. 
Along the sandy beach of Marthas Vineyard, 
from Menemsha Bight to Gay Head; Cutty- 
hunk; No Mans Land. — Smith. According 
to this writer there is a very pronounced dif- 
ference in habit between C. borealis and C. 
irroratus, the latter concealing itself beneath 
rocks, the former remaining exposed. Fairly 
common at the western end of Vineyard 
Sound; a few scattered stations elsewhere. — 
Survey. Dredged in 2 to 20 fathoms, more 
commonly at depths of 10 or more fathoms, on 
various bottoms. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7524 bis (1), 7537 bis (few 
small)*, 7574 (1), 7578 (1), 7599 (1 small), 7608 
( ? 1 small), 7676 (2)*, 7678 (2)*, 7680 (1 young)*, 
7701 (1 young)*, 7704 (1 large)*, 7717 (x large 
and 1 small)*, 7719 (1 large)*, 7720 (1 large)*, 
7726 (1 medium)*, 7728 (2)*, 7738 (1 small)*, 
774 x*, 7759 (claw)*. 
Phalarope stations: 24 (1 young), 28 (1 dead), 30 
(1 fragment), 33 (1 small), 59 (3), 111 (1)*, 117 
(1 young)*. 
Family Portunid^. 
Carcinides mcenas (Linnaeus). Green crab. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 547,312, etc. ( Car - 
cinus granulatus); S. I. Smith, 1879, p. 34 ( Car - 
cinus mcenas ); Bumpus, 1898, 1898b ( Card - 
nus granulatus)', M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 8. 
Carcinides mcenas — Continued, 
Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, and the vari- 
ous connecting ponds and estuaries; very 
common in shallower waters, and under stones 
on shore up to high-water mark. 
Bumpus records the finding of females bearing 
eggs from March till June 25. 
Portunus sayi (Gibbes). 
S. I. Smith, 1879, P- 121 ( Neptunus sayi; not 
listed for this region); M. J. Rathbun, 1905, 
p. 8. 
Found in company with Planes minutus upon 
the gulfweed which is drifted into Vineyard 
Sound during the late summer and fall, some- 
times in great numbers. Especially abun- 
dant during the summer of 1906. 
Females bearing eggs observed in August, Sep- 
tember, and October. 
Portunus ordwayi (Stimpson). 
Two young specimens* taken from gulfweed 
collected by V. N. Edwards in Vineyard 
Sound, October 10, 1905. This is the only 
record for New England. 
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 548, 367, etc. {Cal- 
linectes hastatus); S. I. Smith, 1879, p. 33 {Cal- 
linectes hastatus); Thompson, 1899 {Callinectes 
hastatus ); M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 9. 
Great Pond, common. Muddy shores and bot- 
toms and among eelgrass, particularly in 
brackish water. Not encountered in dredg- 
ing, with the exception of one doubtful claw, 
dredged at Phalarope station 149, near head 
of Buzzards Bay. 
Arenceus cribrarius (Lamarck). 
Vineyard Sound, October 10, 1905; 11 young 
specimens*; Menemsha Bight, on gulfweed, 
August 29, 1906; 2 specimens*. Not pre- 
viously recorded for New England. 
Ovalipes ocellatus (Herbst). Lady crab. [Chart 
II 7 -] 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 547, 338, etc. {Platy- 
onichus ocellatus)', S. I. Smith, 1879, p. 33 
{Platyonichus ocellatus)', M. J. Rathbun, 1905, 
p. 9. 
Western half of Vineyard Sound, common; 
dredged at a few points elsewhere, including 
a few stations in the Bay; 3 to 19 fathoms, 
almost exclusively on sandy bottoms. — Sur- 
vey. Common on the Bay shore, at the local 
bathing beach; recorded from Menemsha and 
Vineyard .Haven. In general this species fre- 
quents sandy shores and bottoms, burrowing 
