336 Aiinalx of the Suutlt African J/.sr /////. 



GEN. PHILYBA, Loach. 



1817. Philyra, Leach, Zool. Miscell., vol. iii., p. 18. 

 1902. P., Stebbing, S.A. Crustacea, pt. 2, p. 17. 



: PHILYEA PUNCTATA, Bell. 



1855. Philyra punctata, Bell, Trans. Linn. Soc., vol. xxi., p. 301, 



pi. 33, fig. 2. 



Bell says : "It was dredged in Simon's Bay, South Africa, 

 in sand, at the depth of from four to seven fathoms." 

 1902. P. p., Stebbing, S.A. Crustacea, pt. 2, p. 17. 



No. 24, a specimen sent by Dr. Gilchrist, from Mossel Bay. 

 1904. P. p., Doflein, Valdivia Brachyura, p. 45, pi. 15, figs. 1-4. 



From Francis Bay, Algoa Bay, and Plettenberg Bay, all in 

 small depths. 



GEN. PEESEPHONA, Leach. 



1817. Persepliona, Leach, Zool. Miscell., vol. iii., pp. 18, 22. 

 1886. P., Miers, Challenger Brachyura, vol. xvii., Kep. 49, p. 311. 



1901. P., Kathbun, Bull. U.S. Fish. Comni. for 1900, vol. ii., p. 86. 



1902. P., Eathbun, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mas., vol. xxvi., p. 30. 



Miss Eathbun here remarks: "1 think that the genus 

 Myra, Leach, is not distinct from Persepliona, Leach." 

 Perseplwna has page precedence. 



PEKSEPHONA PUXCTATA (Linn.). 



1758. Cancer punctatus (part), Linn., Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 



p. 630. 

 1886. Perseplwna punctata, Miers, Challenger Brachyura, vol. xvii., 



Eep. 4'J, p. 312, pi. 25, fig. 5. 



Speaking of Perseplwna, Miers says: "This genus ap- 

 parently represents Myra on the shores of the American 

 continent and islands adjacent," adding in a footnote: "Its 

 range may, however, extend over the whole Atlantic region, 

 since there is a specimen, perhaps not distinct from Persephonu 

 punctata, from South Africa (Sir A. Smith), in the collection 

 of the British (Natural History) Museum." 



PERSEPHOXA CUPH.EUS (Linn.). 



1758. Cancer cuphcBUS, Linn., Systema Naturae, ed. 10, p. 628. 

 1788. C. c., Herbst, Krabben und Krebse, vol. i., pt. 7, p. 213. 



Herbst says : " Its habitat is in India and at the Cape of 



