116 CARCmOLOGICAL NOTES ; 



Alpheus poejd Guerin. 



Alpheus poeyi Guerin, in De Sagra's Cuba, Crust., p. 1, pi. II, f. 10 

 (1857). 



The type of this species is preserved, though in an imperfect condi- 

 tion, in tlie museum of the Philadelphia Academy. 



Cuba! (Guerin). 



Alpheus bidens Edw. 



Falcemonbidens Olivier, Encjclopedie Methodique, viii, p. 663 (1790). 

 Alpheus bidens M. Edw. Hist. Nat. Crust., ii, p. 353, pi. XXIV, f. 11-12 

 (1837). 



In Milne Edwards figure (I. c.) this species is represented as having 

 a four jointed carpus, probably an error on the part of the artist. 



Asiatic seas (M. Edw.), New Holland (Olivier). 



Alpheus villosus Edw. 



Palcemon villosus Olivier, 1. c, p. QQ^ (1790). 



Alpheus villosus Edw. Hist, ii, p. 364 (1837). 



Asiatic seas (Edw.), New Holland (Oliv.). 



Alpheus spinifrons Edw. 



Alpheus spinifrons Edw. Hist, etc., ii, p. 355 (1837). 



Alpheus panamensis Kingsley, may prove to be this species but 

 only a study of Milne Edwards type can determine ; his description is 

 utterly inadequate and would apply to several other species as well. 



Chili (Edw.). 



Alpheus savignyi Guerin. 



Athanas nitescens Audouin (nee Leach) Expl. PI. Savigny, p. 274, pi. 



9, f. 4 (teste Guerin). 

 Alpheus savignyi Guerin, inDe Sagra's Hist. Cuba, Animaux Articules, 

 p. xlix (1837). 

 Egypt (Savigny). 



Alpheus comatularum Haswell. 



Alpheus comatularum Haswell, Catalogue of Australian Crustacea, p. 

 189 (1882). 

 Queensland (Haswell). 



b. Hand contorted, the dactylus working either in a horizontal plane 

 or in a vertical one below the pollex. 

 * No spine on the basal joint of the antenna. 



