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A single specimen was dredged by the party from tLe Bermuda 

 Biological Station on the Challenger Bank in 1903. 



It agrees pretty closely vvith Stimpson's original description, except 

 as to the form and relative size of the lateral spines. But it does, 

 not agree so well Avilh Mr. Benedict's later description, in several 

 characters. The differences may be due to age, or there may be 

 distinct local races or varieties. More specimens are needed to 

 determine this. 



The range of the species is from Mexico and west coast of Florida 

 to the Abrolhos, Brazil. Florida and St. Thomas (Stimpson). Santa 

 Cruz (Yale Mus., 1018, coll. Dr. Bishop) ; Abrolhos Is., Brazil, 

 No. 831 (Smith); Porto Rico (Rathbun) ; Bahamas (Rankin); east 

 coast of Mexico (Yale Mas.). 



HETEROMACRURA, iiom. nov.=ANOMURA (in part). 



Anomura or Anomoura M.-Edw. {2}a>-s); Dana (jyars); Henderson (jxirs); and 



many other authors. 

 Macrura anomala Alcock, 1901 ; Stebbing, 1903. 



This group seems to lack a suitable name. At least there is great 

 diversity in the use of former names. 



Anomura is still used, as it has been for the past fifty years or 

 more, in very diverse senses. Therefore it will save confusion to 

 abandon it, unless as a loosely applied general term. 



"Anomala" (de Haan), being an adjective term, has been used 

 in many diverse senses, not only in Crustacea, but in other groups 

 also. Hence I now proj^ose to give this group the above name. 



It includes the superfamily groups : Galatheidea, Hippidea, 

 Paguridea. 



GALATHEIDEA Henderson. 



Porcellanoidea + Galafheoidea Stimpson, 1860. 



This group as defined by Henderson, Ortmann, Alcock, and other 

 recent writers, includes the families Porcellanidoe, GalatheidtP., and 

 some others. 



Family PORCELLANIDJE. 



It is remarkable that only one species of this large family has 

 hitherto been fotind at the Bermudas, for numerous other species 

 occur on the reefs of the West Indies and Florida. 



