168 Bulletin Vanderhilt Marine Museum, Vol. V 



Trapezia acutifrons A. Melne Edwards, Ann. Soc. Entom. France, ser. 



4, vol. 7, p. 281, 1867. 

 Grapsillus rufopunctatus Rathbun, M. J., Kept. U. S. Fish Com. for 



1903, Bull. 23, pt. 3, p. 866, 1906. 



Trapezia cymodoce (Herbst). 



Plate 87. 



Type: Herbst 's type came from the East Indies and is deposited in 

 the Berlin Museum. 



Distribution: East Indies, (Herbst) ; low tide to 22 fms., all over 

 the IndoPacifie region, (Ortmann) ; Australasia, (Latreille) ; Gulf of 

 Siam: Koh Kahdat, coral, (Rathbun) ; Philippine Islands, Ceylon, 

 (Miers) ; Andamans, Nicobars, Mergui Archipelago, Palk Straits, Mek- 

 ran (Baluchistian) coast, (Alcock) ; Bombay (Nobili) ; Muttuvaratu 

 Paar, Jokkenpiddi Paar, coral reef, Galle, Pearl Banks, Gulf of Ma- 

 naar, (Laurie) ; Krusadai Island, Gulf of Manaar, (Gravely) ; Mal- 

 dives: On reefs and in lagoons, down to 35 fms., in Male, Goifurfe- 

 hendu, Fadifolu, South Nilander, Suvadiva, Felidu Atolls, (Borra- 

 daile) ; Mergui Archipelago : Elphinstone and King Islands ; Amboina, 

 Manipa, and Xulla-Bessy in the Indian Seas, (de Man) ; Beagle Bay, 

 Amboina, (Nobili) ; Murray Island, channels between reefs, 15 to 20 

 fms., Torres Straits, (Caiman) ; Rotuma and Funafuti, (Borradaile) ; 

 Feejee Islands, (Miers) ; Nuka Hiva Island, Marquesas Islands, 

 (Lucas) ; Palmyra Island, (Edmondson) ; Hawaiian Islands, (Rath- 

 bun) ; Ingram Reef, Queensland, (Boone) ; New Caledonia, (A. M. 

 Edwards) ; Mauritius: Grand Port, Chaland, Port Louis, (Bouvier) ; 

 Seychelles: Salomon, Peros, Coin, Egmont, Diego Garcia, Cargados 

 Carajos, 30 fms., Saya de Malha, 26 fms., Amirante, 29 to 80 fms., 

 Praslin, reef, Coetivy, (Rathbun) ; East Africa: Zanzibar, Kokotoni, 

 Bawi, Aldabra, Mozambique, (Lenz). It is also abundant in the Red 

 Sea having been recorded there repeatedly. Red Sea, (de Man, Nobili, 

 Gulf of Akaba, Daedalus, Red Sea, Gulf of Suez, (Miers) ; Egypt, 

 (Savigny) ; numerous stations in the Sudanese Red Sea, (Laurie) ; 

 Red Sea : Senafir, Abu Somer, Daedalus Riff, Berenice, Jambo, Mersa 

 Haleib, Djeddah, Sarso, Massaua, Djebel, Zuckur, Perim, Nauiba, St. 

 John Island, Mersa Scheikh, Ravaya, Dahab, Habban, (Balss) ; east- 

 ward in the Persian Gulf, (Nobili) ; thence through the Indian Seas 

 and northward as far as the Liu-Kiu Islands, (Balss). 



Material examined : Three males and four ovigerous females taken 

 in Ingram Island, Reef, Queensland, Australia, Oct. 12, 1931. 



