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COSTA RICA. — Piinta Arenas; Orsted collector; 2 males (Copen- 

 hagan Mus.)- Rio Punta Mala; Mar., 1892; H. Pittier; 1 small male 

 (Brit. Mus.). 



PANAMA.— Cotypes in M. C. Z. C. F. Davis; 3 males (18511), 

 received from Museum of Comparative Zoology. J. Zetek: June, 

 1914, 2 males (48778); July 27, 1915, 7 males (48808). Meek and 

 Hildebrand, Smithsonian Biological Survey: Balboa, Canal Zone; 

 tidewater, May 5, 1911, 1 male (43899), January 31, 1912, 47 males, 

 6 females, all young (59277), 48 males, 5 females (Field Mus.), tide 

 pool, February 8, 1912, 1 young male, soft shell (59279); Chame 

 Point, February 14, 1912, 1 male (47905), 3 males (1 young), 1 young 

 female (59280); Island at end of breakwater, Panama Bay; February 

 5, 1912; 1 male, 2 females, 2 young (59278); Taboga Island, May 

 11-15, 1911, 2 males, 4 females immature, 17 young (43900), 1 male, 

 3 females, 18 young (Field Mus.). Panama, March 24, 1912, 2 males 

 (1 soft shell), 1 female (Field Mus.), tide pools, March 21, 1912, 1 young 

 female (Field Mus.). 1888; Albatross: Panama, March 15, 8 males, 1 

 female, all young (22045); off Taboga Island, March 7, 1 young male 

 (22046). 



ECUADOR.— Salinas; September 17, 1926; W. L. Schmitt; 3 males 

 (60977). 



PERU.— Tumbes; R. E. Coker; 2 photographs. Paita; October 8, 

 1926; W. L. Schmitt; 1 male (61425). Oyster beds of Matapalo, 

 near Capon; February 3; R. E. Coker; 2 males, 1 female (40442). 

 received from Peruvian Government. On the beach at Las Vacas, 

 near Capon; January 23, 1908; R. E. Coker; specimens returned to 

 Peruvian Government. Pacasmayo; Stolzman; 1 male (Brit. Mus.) 



CALUNECTES MARGINATUS (A. Milne Edwards) 



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Neptunus marginatus A. Milne Edwards, Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, vol 10, 

 1861, p. 318, pi. 30, fig. 2 (type-locality, Gaboon; types in Paris Mus.). 



Callinectes larvatus Ordway, Journ. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 7, 1863, p. 573 

 [8] (tj^pe-localities. Key West, Tortugas, Bahamas, and Hayti; types from 

 each in M. C. Z.— A.Milne Edwards, Crust. Reg. Mex., 1879, p. 225 (var. of 

 C. diacanthus). — Rathbun, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus., vol. 18, 1895, p. 358, pi. 18; 

 pi. 24, fig. 5; pi. 25, fig. 4; pi. 26, fig. 4; pi. 27, fig. 4. 



Callinectes africanus A. Milne Edwards, Crust. Reg. Mex., 1879, p. 229 (var. of 

 C. diacanthus) (type-localitj-. Cape Verde Islands; types in Paris Mu.s.). 



Callinectes larvatus var. africanus ? Benedict, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol 16, 1893, 

 p. 537. 



Callinectus marginatus Rathbun, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 11, 1897, 

 p. 149; Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 2, 1900, p. 142; Bull. U. S. Fish 

 Comm. for 1900, vol. 2, 1901, p. 48; Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 43, 

 1921, p. 395, text-fig. 2, pi. 19, fig. 1; pi. 20, fig. 1.— De Man, Mem. Soc. 

 Zool. France, 1900, p. 41, pi. 1, figs. 5, 5a (female not male). — Bouvier, 

 Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, 1901, p. 16. 



Callinectes marginatus var. larvatus Verrill, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts and 

 Sci., vol. 13. 1908, p. 368, text-fig. 226, pi. 18, fig. 1. 



