302 A. E. Verrill — Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 



and 1877, which had been identified by Professor S. I. Smith, many 

 years before. A series of the same collection, which was sent to 

 the U. S. National Museum, was studied by Miss Rathbun, who 

 furnished the list for Dr, Rankin. Another series is in tlie Museum 

 of Wesleyan University. Professor Smith has published measure- 

 ments and other information in regard to a number of the species 

 in Goode's collection, in several of his papers. 



Two papers by me* gave the many additional species obtained 

 by the parties that went with me to Bermuda from Yale University 

 in 1898 and 1901, to study the zoology and make more complete 

 collections. 



A recent and very important work on the Decapod Crustacea of 

 Porto Ricof has been published by Miss M. J. Rathbun. She has 

 indicated in her report all the species that had been previously 

 recorded from Bermuda, with their general distribution. In that 

 report, brief but clear descriptions are given of all the genera and 

 species, as well as analytical tables of the genera and species. It is, 

 therefore, almost a manual for the Bermuda species, for most of 

 them were also in the Porto Rico collections. For students of these 

 Crustacea it is the most useful of the works readily available. It 

 contains only few figures of the Bermuda species, however. 



In the present article I have endeavored to figure as many as 

 possible of the species, even when well known, for such figures 

 greatly facilitate their identification and may largely take the place 

 of descriptions. Froni this point of view this article may be 

 regarded as a complement to that of Miss Rathbun, to which 

 reference should be made for technical descriptions. 



I have, however, included brief descriptions of some of the more 

 difiicult species, and also most of the notes that I have on the 

 colors of the living specimens, with such observations on habits as 

 seemed to be of interest. I have also indicated the general distribu- 



the larval stages of any species whatever, — perhaps because I have not had time 



to use a towing net." * * * * 



" Am having excellent success, particularly with fishes and sponges. I have 

 added aboat 40 species of fishes to my published list. You will be pleased to 

 know that I find Amphioxus qiiite abundantly." 



* Additions to the Crustacea and Pycnogonida of the Bermudas, Trans. Conn. 

 Acad. Sci., vol. x, part ii, pp. 573-582, plates Ixvii-lxix, 1900. 



Additions to the Fauna of the Bermudas from the Yale Expedition of 1901, 

 with Notes on Other Species. Op. cit., vol. xi, jip. 15-62, plates i-ix, 1901. 



f Rathbun, Miss Mary J. — The Brachyura and Macrura of Porto Rico. From 

 the U. S. Fish Comm. Bulletin, for 1900, vol. ii, pp. 1-137*, pi. i, ii, 1901. 



