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it is very common, being associated with corals of the genus Pocillopora. 

 Thirty-nine specimens were collected at Palmyra Island. 



Tetralia glaberrima (Herbst). 



Tetralia glaberrima Alcock, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 67, p. 223, 1898. 



The species ranges through the Indian Ocean and is known from Hong 

 Kong eastward through the Pacific to the Society Islands, the Tuamotus 

 and the Marquesas. No records are known for Hawaii. Forty-four speci- 

 mens were taken at Palmyra Island. 



Domecia hispida Eydoux and Souleyet. 



Domecia hispida Alcock, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 67, p. 230, 1898. 



The species is reported from the central and eastern sections of the 

 Indian Ocean, and from Funafuti, Tahiti, the Tuamotus and Hawaii as 

 far north as Laysan Island. It is also known from the West Indies. The 

 Bishop Museum has 33 specimens from Palmyra Island. 



Lybia tesselata (Latreille). 



Melia tesselata Borradaile, Fauna and Geogr. Maldive and Laccadive Archipela- 

 goes, vol. 1, p. 250, fig. 49, 1903. 



The species is known from Mauritius, Christmas Island, the Chagos 

 Archipelago and the eastern Indian Ocean. Recorded localities in the 

 Pacific are not numerous. Its northern limit of distribution seems to be 

 Hawaii where it has frequently been taken. The species usually carries 

 a sea anemone in one or both chelipeds. Thirteen specimens were collected 

 at Palmyra and 5 at Fanning Island. 



Family PORTUNIDAE 



Lissocarcinus orbicularis Dana. 



Lissocarcinus orbicularis Alcock, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 68, p. 20, 1899. 



The species is known from the Indian Ocean and from Fiji and Hawaii 

 in the Pacific. Two specimens were collected on the outer reef at Fanning 



Island. 



Carupa laeviuscula Heller. 



Carupa laeviuscula Alcock, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 68, p. 26, 1899. 



The range of the species is from Mauritius through the Indian Ocean, 

 and from Samoa northward as far as Laysan Island, and eastward to the 



