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ORTMANN — DISTRIBUTION OF DECAPODS 



[April 3, 



Pacific Side. 



Ranilia angustata Stps. 

 R. fornicata (Fax.). 



Lithadia cumingi Bell. 

 L. digueti Bouv. 



Uhlias ellipticus Stps. 



Persephona subovata 



(Rthb.). 

 P. orbicularis Bell. 

 P. edwardsi Bell (== ? 



townsendi (Rthb.)). 



Hepatus chilensis M.-E. 



Hepatella acttia (Stps.). 

 H. lavis (Rthb.). 

 H. lata (Fax.). 

 H. arnica Sm. 



Atlantic Side. 



R. muricata M.-E. 

 C R. stimpsoni (A. M. 



E.). 

 j R. constricta (A. M. 

 I E.). 



L, cariosa Stps. 

 L. miersi Ortm. 

 L. cadaverosa Stps. 

 L. cubensis Mrls. 

 L. pontifera Stps. 



U. limbatiis Stps. 



P. ptmctata (L. ). 



H. epheliticus (L.). 

 H. annularis (01.). 



H. tuber osa (Stps.). 



Remarks. 



Ranilia M.-E. includes Not- 

 opus d. H. and Raninops 

 A. M.-E. The species 

 mentioned here form a 

 natural group, which is 

 not found elsewhere. 



This genus is found nowhere 

 else. 



Genus found nowhere else. 



Of one species (P. lichten- 

 steini Leach) the habitat 

 is unknown, but it is cer- 

 tainly from America. The 

 genus is not found else- 

 where. 



Several doubtful species, but 

 none outside of American 

 waters. 



Hepatella = Osachila. One 

 species, H. stimpsoni 

 (Stud.), at Ascension Is- 

 land. No other species 

 from any other part of the 

 world. 



The following are taken from Rathbun, U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 

 15, 1892: 



Pericera triangulata 



Rthb. 

 P. contigua Rthb. 



Othonia nicholsi Rthb. 

 Mithrax (4 species). 



P. cornuta (Hbst.). 

 P. atlantica Rthb. 

 Othonia (4 species). 



Mithrax (14 species). 



Genus found nowhere out- 

 side of America. 



Genus not found outiide of 

 America. 



Genus not found outside of 

 America. 



