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I prefer to treat as distinct families (see S.A. Crustacea, pt. 4, p. 12, 

 and pt. 3, pp. 41, 43, 46), although for greater simplicity in this 

 Catalogue accepting the term Grapsidae in the wider sense to 

 embrace them all. 



GEN. GEAPSUS, Lamarck. 



1831. Grapsus, Lamarck, Syst. Anim. sans Vertebres, p. 150. 

 1900. G., Stebbing, S.A. Crustacea, pt. 4, p. 12. 



GBAPSUS MACULATUS (Catesby). 



1771. 1743 (reissue 1771) Pagurus maculatus, Catesby, Nat. Hist. 



of the Carolinas, vol. ii., p. 36, pi. 36, fig. 1. (See Miers, 



Challenger Brachyura, p. 255.) 

 1753. Cancer grapsus, Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 630. 



1801. Grapsus pictus, Lamarck, Syst. Anim. sans Vert., p. 150. 

 1835. Grapsus (Goniopsis) pictus, de Haan, Crustacea Japonica, 



p. 33. 

 1843. Goniopsis picta, Krauss, Siidafrik. Crust., pp. 14, 46. 



Krauss describes the habits and two colour varieties of this 

 species, which is " abundant on the limestone terraces and 

 rocks of the Natal coast, and much sought after by the 

 Kaffirs, who capture it by throwing pointed sticks." 

 1893. Grapsus maculatus, Stebbing, History of Crustacea, p. 93. 

 1900. G. grapsus, Alcock, J. A. S. B., vol. Ixix., p. 392. 



Alcock supplies an immense number of references. 



GRAPSUS STRIGOSUS (Herbst). 



1799. Cancer strigosus, Herbst, Krabben und Krebse, vol. hi., pt. 1, 

 p. 55, pi. 47, fig. 7. 



1802. Grapsus s., Bosc, Hist. Nat. Crust., vol. i., p. 203. 

 1838. Goniopsis strigosa, MLeay, Annulosa of S. Africa, p. 66. 

 1838. G. flavipes, M c Leay, Annulosa of S. Africa, p. 66. 

 1843. G. strigosa, Krauss, Siidafrik. Crust., p. 46. 



Abundant. 



1900. Grapsus strigosus, Alcock, J. A. S. B., vol. Ixix., p. 393. 

 1906. G. s., Giard, Comptes rendus de la Soc. de Biologie, vol. Ixi., 



p. 704. 



Giard notes the discovery by E. Bordage that this crab is 

 the host of the parasitic isopod Kepon typus, Duvernoy, and 

 that its colour in life is blackish, with somewhat slate-hued 

 reflections, the parallel transverse striae of the carapace being 



