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Sci. Phila., 1878, p. 320. — A. Milne Edwards, op. cit., vol. 5, p. 

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Neptunus hastatits Uhler, Chesapeake Zool. Labr., Johns Hopkins 

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 p. 129. 



Callinectes sapidus M. J. Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 18, p. 

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Callinectes larvatus Ordway. 

 Plate 53. 



Type: Ordway's type material came from Key West, Tortugas, 

 Fla. ; Bahamas and Haiti. 



Distribution : Known from the Florida Keys and Bahamas, south- 

 ward to Brazil. The species has also been reported from west Africa 

 by Miss Rathbun ; however, other writers consider the African species 

 to be C. marginatus, a species distinct from the closely related C. 

 larvatus Ordway. Until I have more definite evidence of the identity 

 of these two species than has been presented to date, I believe it advis- 

 able to keep them distinct. 



Material examined: One specimen from Miami, Fla., collected 

 by the ''Ara." 



Technical description : This species is closely allied to the West 

 Indian C. ornatus Ordway, from which it may be distinguished by the 

 fact that the median pair of frontal teeth of C. larvatus are more 



