1897] NOTES AND COMMENTS e 
tenanted by a few Calcinus elegans, whose brilliant red, blue, and 
white claws distinguished it as the dandy of the company. This 
species is never out of the range of the rough waves. The extreme 
windward portion of the reef left dry at low tide was but rarely 
attainable ; Aniculus, whose bristly claws usually protruded from a 
stolen Zurbo shell, was a distinctive feature of this zone. In the 
honey-combed pits of the millipore mounds that breasted the surf, 
cowered Datira perlata. The close resemblance of colour and contour 
to the surrounding rock rendered this crab difficult to detect, and 
when seen the creature’s powers of adherence and the sweep of the 
Pacific rollers rendered it as difficult to seize.” 
Geograpsus erinipes, Dana, occurred in association with Coenobita 
and Cardisoma, at a distance from the sea, among broken coral rocks 
shaded by vegetation. This is the first instance of a grapsoid crab 
living wholly on dry land, and it displays interesting adaptations to 
terrestrial conditions. It breathes by hair-lined pores between the 
bases of the second and third pairs of walking-legs; and its colour, 
a dirty yellowish-white, harmonises with that of the coral fragments. 
Athelgque anieuli is a new Epicarid living on Aniculus typicus, a 
hermit crab that lives in the shell of 7wrbo setosus, on the outer edge 
of the reef, most exposed to the surf. 
The collection of echinoderms comprises 130 specimens, repre- 
senting 19 species, mostly common forms :—7 echinoids, 3 asteroids, 
3 ophiuroids, 6 holothurians. A detailed description is given of 
two specimens referred to Culcita acutispina. Most specimens of 
this starfish, as also of Anthenea acuta, common in Port Jackson, are 
unsymmetrical when dredged up; but, if placed on a level surface 
in sea-water, they soon regain their natural form, and may be killed 
in that state either by flooding them with fresh water or by placing 
them in strong spirit. Neglect to take these precautions may have 
led to the establishment of invalid species. 
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GRANIVOROUS INSECTS 
ANOTHER of the excellent Bulletins (N.S. No. 8) issued by the 
Entomological Division of the U.S.A. Department of Agricul- 
ture has reached us. It is written by Mr F. H. Chittenden, and 
deals with insects which have been observed in North America to 
injure stored grain and other vegetable products. It is of interest 
to find included among these, certain beetles of the family Dermes- 
tidae and their grubs. These insects, which include the well-known 
‘Bacon Beetle, have long been notorious as devourers of dried 
animal matter, but have not attracted attention as vegetarians. It 
appears, however, that some of them can find sustenance on stored 
grain, meal, and cloth. 
