Edmondson — Crustacea from Palmyra and Faiiiiiiig Islands ii 



Pseudograpsus albus Stimpson. 



Pseudogral^sus albus Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.. 1858, p. 104. 



The species has previously been recorded from Japanese waters by 

 Stimpson, from New Caledonia by A. M. Edwards, and from the Tuamotus 

 by Rathbun. The "Challenger" Expedition collected the species at Fiji. 



Nineteen specimens were collected at Palmyra and 12 at Fanning 

 Island. 



Percnon planissimum (Herbst). 



Lciolophus planissimum Alfock, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 69, p. 439. 1900. 



The species is widely distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific area and 

 ranges from Japan to the coasts of California, Chili and New Zealand. It 

 is very common in Hawaii. In the Atlantic it ranges from the shores of 

 Brazil through the West Indies to Florida, the Azores, Madeira, Spain, 

 Portugal and to the western and southern coasts of Africa. Eight speci- 

 mens were taken at Palmyra and 2 at Fanning Island. 



Percnon abbreviatum (Dana). 



Acanthopus abbreviatus Dana, U. S. Expl. Exped., vol. 13, Crust., p. 373, 1852; 

 pi. 23, fig. 11, 1855. 



Previous records of the species include localities in the Indian Ocean, 

 Tahiti and Hawaii. It is not uncommon on the reefs of Oahu. One 

 specimen was collected at Fanning Island. 



Family PILUMNIDAE 



Carpilius convexus (Forskal). 



Carpilius convexus Alcock, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 67, p. 80, 1898. 



The species is widely distributed, ranging from the Red Sea through 

 the Indian and Pacific Oceans to the shores of Japan and eastward to 

 Hawaii and the Tuamotus. One specimen was taken at Palmyra and i at 

 Fanning Island. 



Carpilius maculatus (Linnaeus). 



Carpilius maculatus Alcock, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 67, p. 79, 1898. 



The species ranges from Madagascar and Mauritius through the Indian 

 and Pacific Oceans to Japan and Hawaii and eastward to Tahiti and the 

 Tuamotus. One specimen was collected at Fanning Island. 



