No. 10 GARTH : BRACHYURAN FAUNA OF THE GALAPAGOS 381 



Herbstia edwardsii Bell 

 Plate 65, Figs. 1, 2 



Herbstia edwardsii Bell, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 3, p. 170, 1835 

 (1836) ; Trans. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 2, p. 46, pi. 9, figs. 3, 3g-i, 

 1836. Rathbun, Bull. 129, U.S. Nat. Mus., p. 300, pi. 105, figs. 3 

 and 4; pi. 240, figs. 1-4, 1925. Boone, Zoologica, vol. 8, no. 4, p. 145, 

 fig. 42, 1927. Finnegan, Journ. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 37, p. 623, 

 1931. Sivertsen, Med. fra det Zool. Mus., Oslo, nr. 38, p. 11, 1933, 

 part ; not the 2 mm specimen. Hult, Arkiv for Zoologi, Band 30A, 

 no. 5, p. 11, 1938. 



Type locality. — Galapagos Islands, 6 fms, coral sand. 

 Type. — Not extant. 



Range. — Galapagos Islands, shore to 6 fms. 



Diagnosis. — Carapace rounded behind, narrowing before, lateral mar- 

 gin with a few spinules. Chelipeds of adult male longer than ambulatory 

 legs ; 2 teeth in gape of movable finger. Meri of ambulatory legs spinulous 

 above. 



Material examined (180 specimens from 29 stations). — 

 27-33. Gardner Bay, Hood Island, shore, Jan. 25, 1933, 4 males, 4 



females. 

 30-33. Gardner Bay, Hood Island, shore, Jan. 26, 1933, 2 females. 

 33-33. Black Beach, Charles Island, shore, Jan. 27, 1933, 6 males, 4 



females. 

 38-33. SE of Cormorant Point, Charles Island, shore, Jan. 29, 1933, 



1 female. 



69-33. Albemarle Point, Albemarle Island, shore, Feb. 11, 1933, 1 



female. 

 73-33. Cartago Bay, Albemarle Island, shore, Feb. 13, 1933, 3 males, 



4 females, 4 young. 

 76-33. Cartago Bay, Albemarle Island, shore, Feb. 14, 1933, 1 male, 



4 females. 

 80-33. Duncan Island, coral, Feb. 15, 1933, 6 males, 6 females. 

 82-33. Conway Bay, Indefatigable Island, shore, Feb. 17, 1933, 



2 females (1 ovig.). 



94-33. Darwin Bay, Tower Island, shore, Feb. 22, 1933, 1 male, 2 



ovig. females. 

 97-33. Darwin Bay, Tower Island, shore, Feb. 24, 1933, 1 female. 

 98-33. Darwin Bay, Tower Island, shore, Feb. 25, 1933, 3 males, 1 



female. 

 166-34. Black Beach, Charles Island, shore, Jan. 19, 1934, 3 males, 



3 females. 



