j88 Occ'JsioiKil Pollers Pcrnicc /'. Hisliup Mksciiiii 



Squilla alba llis^clow . 



Sijuilla alba Bigclow, Johii^< ll()i)kins L'niv. Circular 106, \). 103. 1893; 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis., vol. 17. p. 539. I 'I. _'j. i^'^m. 



In the collection of Squillidae in llie IWshop Museum ;i single 

 .specimen ai)|)arently belongs to this species. In so far as the 

 writer can (lelermiiie. the si)ecics has not been rei)orte(l from the 

 Tacific previouslw it was described b\- lli^elow from two fe- 

 male specimens that !ie took in llimini 1 larljor, LJahamas. 



The specimen in the ilisho]) Museum, also a female, was 

 taken by the writer from dead coral on W'aikiki reef, llonolulu. 

 in 1921. In all structural details it ai:;rees with |]ig"elow"s diai^no- 

 sis ni the type specimen, but the symmetrically arranged, minute, 

 black s])ots mentioned in lligelow's general description of the 

 species are absent from the llonolulu specimen. The specimen 

 taken at Waikiki was kept alive and under observation by the 

 writer for more than a month, during- which period no spots 

 were observed on tlie carapace or abdomen. 



Bigelow says of these markings. "The same number of spots 

 is not always present." It seems ai)parent from the Honolulu 

 specimen that the spots are not a constant feature of the species. 



The color oi the Bishop Museum specimen is pure white. 

 The eyes are of a yellowish tint with darker pigment in the 

 concavity of the cornea. 



The specimen taken at Honolulu measures 47 mm. from the 

 tip of the rostrum to the extremity of the submedian marginal 

 spines of the telson. This specimen is slightly larger than those 

 in the I'. S. National Museum. 



The Bishop Museum s])ecimen was taken on W'aikiki reef. 

 Honolulu. The type locality is liimini I larbor, Uahamas. where the 

 specimens in the I'. S. National Museum were obtained. 



PSEUDOSQUILLA Dana 

 Pseudosquilla ciliata Miers. 



Psciidd.uiuilla ciliata Micrs, Ann. and Mag. Xat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. 5, 

 ]). loS, PI. 3. figs. 7, 8. 1880. — Brooks. Voyage of the "Challenger." 

 Zool.. vol. 16. Stomatopoda, p. 53, PI. 15. lig. 10, 1886. — Bigelow, 

 Prnc. V. S. Xat. Mns.. vol. 17, p. 409, 1894. — Hansen. Engeb. 

 Plank. Exp., II. C. c. p. 8(1, 1895. — Rankin. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.. 

 12, p. 253. 1898. — Bigelow. Bull. U. S. Fish Conini.. vol. 2. p. 154. 

 lig. 4. 1900. — Kemp. Mem. Indian Mus., vol. 4, p. 96, J913. 

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