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Natural History 
Chioncecetes opilio (0. Fabricius ) 
Cancer phalangium O. Fab. (Fauna Groenl., p. 234, 1780). 
Cancer opilio 0. Fab. Kongelige Danske. Vid. Selsk. Sku. rive. Sami., III., 181, 
PI. 1788. 
Chioncecetes opilio Kroyer. Natur. Tidskrift (1), 2, p. 249, 1838, in Gaimard, Voy- 
ages en Scandinavie, etc , Crust., PI. 1, 1839. 
Chioncecetes behringianus Stimpson. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., VI., p. 84, 1857. 
Chioncecetes opilio (0. Fab.) Rathbun loc. cit., PI. IV., figs. 5-7. 
Carapax very broad posteriorly, covered with numerous unequal rough 
prominences, wart-like about the middle. ' Inferior antero-lateral margin 
with about fourteen small bifid teeth. Feet everywhere slightly pubescent. 
Victoria, one specimen from deep water. 
Range, Norway, Newfoundland, Greenland, Arctic Alaska, Behring 
Strait, B. C. 
Provincial Museum, Victoria. 
Hyas LYRATUS Dana. 
Amer. Journ. Sei. (2) YI., p. 268, 1851. Crust U. S. Expl. Exped. 1, p. 86. PI. I., 
f. 1, 1852. 
Stimpson, Jour. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VI., p. 450, 1857. 
Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. vol. XVI., 1893. PI. III. 
Carapax broad posteriorly, lyrate, strongly tuberculate, broad behind the 
eyes, forming a winged expansion. Beak smooth, of moderate size; horns 
acute, straight. Chelipeds long and strong. 
Dredged oft* Victoria, Comox and Clayoquot in 10 to 20 fms. — (C.F.N.,&c.) 
Provincial Museum, Victoria. 
Hyastenus longipes Dana, 
Chorilia longipes Dana. Am. J. Sci. 2, XI., p. 269, 1851; Crust, U. S. Ex. Exp. 1, 
p. 1. PI. I., fig. 5. Stimpson loc. cit. 
Hyastenus longipes Miers. Jour. Linn, Soc. Lond., XIV., p. 658, 1879. 
H. longipes Rathbun, loc. cit., p. 85. PI. VII. 
Carapax without pubescence, somewhat distantly tuberculate, a sharp 
spine on each side at the branchial region. Rostrum pubescent, long, and 
bifid with horns nearly parallel. Legs long and slender, except first pair, 
the arm of which is trigonal, with spinulose margins. 
Campbell Island, B. C. — (J. Richardson.) 
Range, Alaska to San Diego, Cal. Hyastenus japonicus Miers, is, appar- 
ently, identical with longipes. (Rathbun loc cit.) 
Presented to Provincial Museum, Victoria, by Smithsonian Institution. 
