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the black coloration of this species. This may be due to discoloriza- 

 tion. It was taken on the same expedition, as the other specimens, and 

 identically preserved. 



References: Cymo melanodactylus De Haan, in Siebold's Fauna 

 Japon. Crust., p. 22, 1837.— Dana, U. S. Explor. Exped. vol. XIII, 

 Crust, pt. I, p. 225, pi. 13, fig. 1, 1852. — Stimpson, Proc. Acad. 

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Cymo melanodactyla Balss, H., Archiv. fur Naturg. Bd. 90, Abt. A, 

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Cymo andreossyi variety melanodactylus (Miers), Zool. H. M. S. 

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Subfamily: Menippinae. 



Genus : PSEUDOZIUS Dana. 

 Pseudozius caystnis (Adams and White). 

 Plate 75. 

 Type : This species was first taken in Mauritius and Samoa and de- 

 posited in the British Museum. 



Distribution: Mauritius; Samoa, (Adams and White); Benin 

 Isles, Wake Island, Loo Choo Islands, Paumotu, Islands, Raraka, 

 (Dana; Stimpson) ; Japan Seas, (Ortmann) ; Apia, Samoa, (Boone) ; 

 Hawaiian Islands, (Streets; Rathbun); Palmyra Island, Fanning 

 Island, (Edmondson) ; Bonin Islands, (Balss) ; Taboga Island, Pan- 



