THE NORTHROP COLLECTION OF CRUSTACEA FROM 



THE BAHAMAS 1 



By W. M. Rankin 



(Pis. XXIX-XXX) 



The Crustacea collected by Dr. and Mrs. Northrop in the Ba- 

 hama Islands in 1890 were sent to me by Professor Osborn, with 

 the request that I prepare a report on them. The following list is the 

 result. Such a list is of necessity largely a mere catalogue of names, 

 but it is hoped that it may be of service in the preparation of a more 

 extensive fauna of the Bahamas when such a work shall be undertaken. 

 It has been with the idea of giving a little wider interest to the list that 

 with each species the range of distribution has been given, and also 

 the West Indian islands noted where the species has been found, al- 

 though this latter record is no doubt incomplete. I hope at least these 

 notes of distribution may serve as a suggestion for the fuller record of 

 the distribution of these species among the West Indies. The synon- 

 ymy I have made brief, merely citing the original author and usually 

 a reference to the work where a complete synonymy may be found. 



The letters (a), (b), etc., in many species indicate the various series 

 of specimens in the collection as they were arranged originally or, in 

 some cases, sorted out by me after their receipt. To these series I have 

 fortunately been able to add some notes made by Dr. Northrop when 

 the collections were made, and recently sent me by Mrs. Northrop. 



Among the sixty-seven species collected I have determined four as 



new species, and one I have ranked as a new variety. There is also 



published for the first time a figure of Stenopus lavis. For the careful 



drawings of the figures I am indebted to Mr. R. Weber. I wish to 



express my obligations to Miss Rathbun, of the National Museum, for 



assistance in identifying a few species; and also to Dr. Ortmann, of 



Princeton, who has kindly assisted me in many ways and to whom this 



report owes much of any value it may possess. 



1 Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. XI, No. 12, August, 1898, pp. 225-25S. 



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