32 S. I. Smith on Brazilian Crustacea. 



number of species are indicated by White in the list of Crustacea in 

 the British Museum,* but unfortunately descriptions of many of the 

 new species have not yet appeared. But by far the largest accessions 

 to our knowledge of the Crustacea of this coast were made by Prof. 

 Dana in his work on the Crustacea of the United States Exploring 

 Expedition.! Although the expedition touched on the Brazilian 

 coast only at Rio de Janeiro, over forty species of Podophthalmia 

 alone were collected and described. More recently Heller has enume- 

 rated the species taken by the naturalists accompanying the Austrian 

 Expedition round the world during the years 1857-1859, J Unfortu- 

 nately, however, this expedition also touched only at Rio de Janeiro, 

 and consequently but few species were obtained which were not 

 observed by Dana. 



From the works of these authors, Prof. Harrt's collection, and a 

 few species in the collection of the Peabody Academy of Science, the 

 following list has been compiled. 



A few species, of which the localities are questionable or suspected 

 are preceded by a mark of doubt, thus (?), but all queries which are 

 not inclosed in parenthesis are quoted directly from the author whose 

 name they precede. When I have personally examined specimens 

 from the localities mentioned, they are followed by an ! . In all other 

 cases the authority on which it is inserted follows the locality. 



BRACHYURA. 



MAIOIDEA. 



Maiid^. 



Lihinia spinosa Edwards. 



"Les cotes du Bresel" (Edwards, Hist. nat. des Crust., tome i, p. 301). 

 Libidoclea Brasiliensis Heller. 

 Rio de Janeiro (Heller, op. cit., p. 1). 



MiTIIEACIDyE. 



Mithrax hispidus Edwards. 



Abrolhos ! (Hartt). — Antilles (Edwards). Tortngas, Key Biscayne (Stirapson). 

 South Carolina (Gibbes). 

 Mithraculus coronatus Stimpson. 



Abrolhos ! (Hartt). — AspinwaU ! (F. H. Bradley). Tortugas (Stimpson). 



* List of the specimens of Crustacea in the collection of the British Museum. Lon- 

 don. 1847. 



f United States Exploring Expedition, during the years 1838-42, under command of 

 Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., vol xii. Crustacea. Philadelphia, 1852. Plates, 1855. 



X Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde. Zool. Theil, zweiter 

 Band, dritte Abtheilung, Crustaceen. Wien, 1865. 



