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The occurrence of E. granulosa at localities other than the Galapagos 

 Islands is open to question. A footnote in Rathbun (1930, p. 552) states 

 that an interrogation point follows the designation "Chili" on the label 

 of the type specimen in the Paris Museum. Its reported occurrence on 

 Cocos Island has been disposed of in the paragraph above. In conclusion, 

 it would seem that E. granulosa is a Galapagos endemic species, and that 

 E. squamata, found from Mexico to Ecuador occurs also at Cocos and 

 sporadically in the Galapagos Islands (pi. 83, figs. 5, 6). 



Genus ERIPHIDES Rathbun, 1897 



Eriphides hispida (Stimpson) 



Plate83, Figs. 3,4 



Eriphia hispida Stimpson, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. 7, p. 218 



(90), 1860. 

 Eriphides hispida Rathbun, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 4, p. 282, 

 1902; Bull. 152, U.S. Nat. Mus., p. 552, pis. 225 and 226, 1930. 

 Boone, Zoologica, vol. 8, no. 4, p. 236, fig. 87A, 1927; (not fig. 87b, 

 which is Pilumnus xantusii Stimpson). Sivertsen, Med. fra det Zool. 

 Mus., Oslo, nr. 38, p. 18, 1933. Schmitt, Smithsonian Misc. Col., 

 vol. 98, no. 6, p. 25, 1939. 

 Pseuderiphia hispida Rathbun, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 21, p. 590, 

 1898. 

 Type locality. West coast of Central America. 

 Type. — Not extant. 



Range. — West coast of Costa Rica (Tristan) to Panama (A. Milne 

 Edwards) ; Galapagos Islands (Albatross). 



Diagnosis. — Carapace and chelipeds covered with short bristles and 

 paved with sharp granules. Front very wide. Fingers of minor chela 

 spoon shaped. 



Material examined (133 specimens from 31 stations). — 

 10-32. James Bay, James Island, shore, Jan. 10, 1932, 1 male. 

 12-32. South Seymour Island, shore, Jan. 17, 1932, 1 male. 

 24-33. Gardner Bay, Hood Island, shore, Jan. 24, 1933, 1 specimen. 

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



13 males, 16 ovig. females (1 photographed). 

 52-33. Academy Bay, Indefatigable Island, shore, Feb. 4, 1933, 4 



specimens. 

 56-33. Flamingo Bay, Charles Island, shore, Feb. 5, 1933, 5 rnales, 



6 females (2 ovig.), 1 young. 

 65-33. Reef north of Tagus Hill, Albemarle Island, reef, Feb. 9, 

 1933, 8 males, 4 young. 



