8 Bernicc P. Bishop Museum — Bulletin 



TAXONOMY 



Order DECAPODA 



Suborder REPTANTIA 



Tribe BRACHYURA 



Family OCYPODIDAE 

 Ocypode ceratophthalma (Pallas). 



Ocyf<0(ic ceratophthalma Alcock, Jouni. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 69, p. 345, 1900. 



The species ranges from Mauritius through the Indian Ocean to India, 

 and in the Pacific from the Philippines and Murray Inland, Australia, east- 

 ward as far as the Tuamotus and northward to Hawaii. It was previously 

 reported by Streets from the Fanning Group. Fifteen specimens were 

 taken at Palmyra and 3 at Fanning Island. The species is common on 

 the sandy beaches facing the open ocean or lagoons. 



Uca tetragonon (Herbst). 



Gclasimus tetragonon .'Mcock, Jouni. .\siat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 69, p. 357, 1900. 



The range of the species is from Mauritius to the Red Sea, through 

 the Indian Ocean to Torres Straits and through the Pacific eastward to 

 the Society Islands and northward as far as Hawaii. Forty-seven speci- 

 mens were collected at Palmyra Island. 



Uca annulipes (Milne Edwards). 



Cclasinnis auntilif<cs Alcock, Journ. .Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 69, p. 353, 1900. 



The species is widely distributed, ranging from Zanzibar through the 

 Indian and Pacific Oceans to the coasts of South America, Lower Cali- 

 fornia, and Vancouver. No records are known for Hawaii. Eight speci- 

 mens were collected at Palmyra and 51 from Fanning Island. It is very 

 common on Fanning, burrowing in the mud flats near the Cable Station 

 and elsewhere. Judging from the collections made at Palmyra it would 

 seem that this species is not so common as the preceding one on that island. 



