INTRODUCTION. 



This hand-list of the Stalk-Eyed Crustacea of the western 

 tropical and subtropical Atlantic about the West Indian 

 Islands, of these Islands, of the muddy shore and fresh 

 water of British Guiana, and of the fresh water of tropical 

 America, is the result of an attempt to bring together, for 

 the use of collectors, the description, already published in 

 many monographs and periodicals by such naturalists as 

 H. Milne Edwards, Dana, Stimpson, Bell, Sidney Smith, 

 A. Milne Edwards, Kingsley, Miers, Henderson, Spence 

 Bate, Rathbun, Brooks, and many others whose names 

 are mentioned in the text, of these interesting animals. 

 The name of the naturalist is placed opposite the name 

 under which the crustacean has been described by him. 



The classification followed is that of H. Milne Edwards 

 for the larger divisions of the two Orders and for the tribes 

 of the Brachyura, otherwise the classification of the latter is 

 that of Mr. E. J. Miers and Mr. J. S. Kingsley ; excluding 

 the fresh-water crabs properly so called, the arrangement 

 followed being that of Miss M. J. Rathbun, who has thrown 

 much light on the family, and to whom I take this 

 opportunity of expressing my thanks for the assistance 

 given me ; of the Anomoura, that of Professor Henderson 

 and A. Milne Edwards ; and of the Macroura, that of Mr. 

 Spence Bate. A list of all the works consulted is given 

 on p. ix, and to them the student is referred for a more full 



