ON A SMALL COLLECTION OF CRUSTACEANS FROM THE 

 ISLAND OF (3UBA. 



By William Perry Hay, 



Of Howard University, Washington City. 



In the earh^ spring of 1902, Dr. C. H, Eigenmann, of the State 

 Universit}^ of Indiana, visited the island of Cuba for the purpose of 

 collecting specimens of blind lish and other forms of life known to 

 inhabit certain limestone caverns of that region. The successful result 

 of the exploration, so far as the fish were concerned, has already 

 been reported at the Pittsburg meeting of the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, which organization had by a grant 

 of money helped to defray Dr. Eigenmann's expenses, but so far as 

 I know no report has hitherto been made on the miscellaneous 

 collections. 



The collection of crustaceans, which is contained in 25 jars and 

 vials, includes 14 species. The}^ were collected at various points along 

 the seashore, in fresh -water streams, and in the caverns. Most of the 

 species are well known and have been reported from the island; all are 

 mentioned here, however, for the sake of completeness. Of the three 

 new species, two belong to the subterranean fauna and are of especial 

 'interest in that they are the first spelaean crustaceans to be recorded 

 from Cuba and belong to genera which until very recently have not 

 been suspected of adapting themselves to a subterranean life. 



In the identification of the shrimps and the Brachyura I have 

 enjoyed the benefit of the extensive knowledge of these groups of Miss 

 Mary J. Rathbun, without whose assistance this paper woukl have been 

 considerably delayed. 



In the case of all new species Dr. Eigenmann has allowed me to 

 deposit the types in the collection of the U. S. National ^Museum while 

 the cotypes are in the collection of the University of Indiana. 



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