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Lydia annu'lipes (Milne Edwards). 



Osius (BurupdUa) annulipes Alcock, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 67, p. 188, 

 1898. 



The species is recorded by Alcock from Muscat and Samoa, and from 

 Hawaii by Rathbun. There is a specimen in the Bishop Museum from 

 Marcus Island obtained by W. A. Bryan. Stimpson reports it from the 

 Liu Kiu Islands. Eight specimens were taken at Palmyra and 6 at Fan- 

 ning Island. 



Pilumnus andersoni de Man. 



Pilumnus andersoni de Man, Journ. Linu. Soc, Zool., vol. 22, p. 59, pi. 3, figs. 

 5 and 6, 1888. 



The species has a very extensive range from the western Indian Ocean 

 to near Laysan Island in the North Pacific. Recorded localities in this 

 range are Minikoi, Maldive Archipelago, Karachi, Ceylon, Mergui Archi- 

 pelago, Gasper Strait, the Caroline Islands and Funafuti. Twelve speci- 

 mens were collected at Fanning Island. 



Maldivia palmyrensis Rathbun (New species)." 



Type locality. Palmyra Island. Collected by C. Montagxie Cooke Jr. 

 in 1913. Type specimen, Bishop Museum, No. 312. 



Eriphia sebana (Shaw). 



Eriphia laci'iinaim Alcock, Journ, Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 67, p. 214, 1898. 



The species ranges from the east coast of Africa and Mauritius through 

 the Indian and Pacific Oceans to China and Japan, and from Australia 

 northward to Hawaii and eastward to the Tuamotus. 



Two specimens were taken at Palmyra and 13 at Fanning Island. On 

 the outer reef of Fanning this species is one of the most common of the 

 larger crabs found in the holes in the rocks in shallow water. 



Eriphia scabricula Dana. 



Eriphia scabricula Dana, U. S. Expl. Exped., vol. 13, Crust., p. 247. 1852. pi. 14, 

 figs. 5a and 5b, 1855. 



The species ranges through the Indian Ocean to Ceylon and the Sulu 

 Sea, and from Australia through the Pacific to the Society Islands and the 

 Tuamotus. One specimen was collected at Palmyra and 44 at Fanning 

 Island. The species is very common at Fanning on the outer reef under 

 the flat stones in shallow water. It is much smaller than E. sebana. 



' Described by Mary J. Rathbun on p. 38 of this Bulletin. 



