152 THE BERMUDA ISLANDS. 



entirely absent or not I cannot of course say, but it is surpris- 

 ing that it should not have been observed by us. 



Penaeus velutinus, Dana. 



One specimen, which agrees with the figure and description 

 of the species obtained by Dana off the Sandwich Islands (U. 

 S. Exploring Expedition, Crustacea, p. 604), and which was 

 subsequently collected by the Challenger party at various 

 points in the Pacific, and between Australia and New Guinea 

 (Challenger Reports, Zoology, XXIV, p. 253). This species, as 

 well as all the immediately related forms, has, as far as I 

 know, been found thus far only in the Pacific. The case is, 

 therefore, another example of remarkable geographical distri- 

 bution. 



STOMATOPODA. 



Gonodactylus chiragra, Latr. 



One specimen from the beach of Flatts Village. 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE INSECTS OF THE BERMUDAS, 



BY 

 P. R. UHLER. 



The present list of insects enumerates chiefly those brought 

 together by the recent exploration of Prof. Heilprin, and it 

 does not include the specimens belonging to the orders 

 Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, and Hymenoptera. Although con- 

 stituting only a small collection, it is of much interest as 

 throwing new light upon a recently constituted fauna which 

 has been only superficially noticed. But very few insects have 

 hitherto been recorded from this group of coral islands, and 

 much arduous collecting is still needed to gather a full series 

 of the insects settled there. Representatives of large groups in 

 nearly all the orders have not yet been reported as occurring 

 on these islands, although we know that the conditions are 

 favorable for the settlement and increase of many of them. 

 As a notable instance we may cite the absence of such families 



