REPORT OX THE BRACHYURA. 



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Sciences of Philadelphia, 1891, by Dr. W. C. Kendall in the 

 Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, ix, 1891, and 

 by Dr. Walter Faxon in the Bulletin of the Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology, xxx, No. 3, 1896. 



In the works above cited will be found references to the 

 literature pertaining to the shore and shallow-water forms in- 

 cluded in the following list. 



The collection made by the Biological Expedition of the 

 State University of Iow r a in 1893 is notable not only for the 

 number of species obtained, but for the careful preservation 

 of the specimens. A number of species are here recorded 

 for the first time since the original description. Six new 

 species represented in the University collection are described; 

 also eleven West Indian species in the National Museum col- 

 lection, ten of which were obtained by the United States Fish 

 Commission Steamer " Albatross " and one species (Pilitmnus 

 andrewsii) by Dr. E. A. Andrews at the Bahamas. These last 

 are published bv permission of the Secretary of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. The species of the University collection 

 are numbered from 1 to 128. 



maiid^f:. 



1. Stenorynchus Sagittarius (Fabriciiis) ( = Leptofodia 



SAGITTARIA Lccicll) . 



Tortugas. 



2. PODOCHELA RIISEI StimfisOll. 



Station 68, off Little Cat Island, Bahamas, on the submerged 

 bank connecting it with Eleuthera, 3 to 13 fathoms; Bahia 

 Honda, Cuba, on wharf. 



3. PODOCHELA HYPOGLYPHA (St/mpSOn) (=P. SPATULI- 



frons A. Milne Edwards). 

 Tortugas. 

 A variable species. 



