VOL. XV 



1893 



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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL. MUSEUM. 



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Herbstia condyliata (Ilerbst). 



Cancer condijlidtiis Hcrbtit, Natur. der Kraltboii uiid Krcbse, I, p. 246, pi. xviii, figs. 



99 A, B, 1790. 

 Herbstia condyliata Miliio Kdwards, Hist. Nat. Crust., I, p. 302, pi. xiv bis, fig. fi, 

 1834, aiul synonymy. Miers, Jonr. Linn. Soc London, xiv, p. 65.'), 1S79; (!lial- 

 lougor Kept. Zool., XVII, p. 49, 1886. Aurivillius, K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Hand., lid. 

 23, I, p. 47, 1889. 

 Naples, Italy; A. M. Norman (14509). 



This McditeiTaueaii sjiecies has also been recorded Irom tlie Canaries 

 and Azores. 



Herbstia (Herbstiella) camptacaiitha (Stimpson). 



Herbslia parvifron>i Stimpsou, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., vii, p. 185, 1860 (not 



Randall). 

 Herbstiella camptacanlha Stimpsou, op. cit., X, p. 94, 1871. 

 Herbstia camptaeaHtha A. Milne Edwards, Miss. Sci. an Mexiquc, pt. 5, I, p. 78, pi. 



xviii, tig. 3, 1875. 

 ilithrax'^ armatns Lockmgtou, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., vii, p. 70, 1876. 

 Herbstia (Herh-stiella) camptacanlha Miers, Jour. Linn. Soc. London, xiv, p. 655, 



1879; Challenger Kept., Zoiil., xviii, j). 49, 1886. 



The specimens agree very nacU with Stimpson's descrii)tion, except 

 that instead of tlie l)lunt tooth near the base of the dactyl the edge is 

 minutely serrulate along the gape. 



The largest specimen is 13.5 millimeters long and 11 wide. 



RECOKD OF Sl'ECI.AIKNS KXAMINEI). 



Catalina Harbor, Cal.; beach (16320); 30 to 40 fathoms, sandy mud (16321); W. H. 



Dull. 

 Southern California; W. H. Dall (16322). 

 San Diego, Cal.; C. R. Orcutfc (16323). 

 Off Magdaleua Bay, Lower Cal.; U. S. Fisli Commission, 1889: 



Previously recorded from Acapulco, Mazatlan, and Cape Saint Lucas. 



CcElocerus grand? s, s\^. uov. 



Plate V. 



The carapace Is ovalorbicular, very convex, armed with many stout, 

 blunt spines, between the spines smooth, finely punctate; regions dis- 

 tinct. There are six s])ineson the median line, two on the gastric, one 

 on the genital, two on the cardiac, and one on the intestinal region. 

 There is an additional s]nne on the gastric region on either side and 

 iu advance of the first median spine. There is one spine ou the upper 



