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the Bonin Islands, Rotunia, Fiji, Funafuti, Samoa and the Tuamotus. Its 

 range does not include Hawaii. Nineteen specimens were collected at Pal- 

 myra and 74 at Fanning Island. The species is the most common of all 

 the hermit crabs on Fanning Island where it may be found in great num- 

 bers on the ocean beaches just above the high tide line. It inhabits the 

 shells of many species of mollusks. 



Family PAGURIDAE 

 Clibanarius corallinus (Milne Edwards). 



CUbanarius corallinus Alcock, Cat. Indian Decapod Crust., pt. 2, fasc. 1, p. 48. 

 pi. 5, fig. 1, 1905. 



The species is known from the Andamans, the Nicobars, the Malay 

 Archipelago and ranges from the Liu Kiu Islands eastward to Wake 

 Island, Rotuma, Fiji, Funafuti and Tahiti. Ten specimens were taken at 

 Fanning Island in shallow water on the outer reef. 



Calcinus herbstii de Man. 



Calcinus iibicen Dana, U. S. Expl. Exped., vol. 13, Crust., p. 457, 1852. 

 Calcinus herbstii Alcock, Cat. Indian Decapod Crust., pt. 2, fasc. 1, p. 53. pi. 5, 

 fig. 4, 1905. 



Previous records of the species are from numerous localities in the 

 Indian Ocean, from Balabac Straits, Liu Kiu Islands, Japan, Bonin 

 Islands, Wake Island, Samoa, Funafuti, the Society Islands, the Tuamotus 

 and Hawaii. It is also known from Ecuador and the West Indies. The 

 species is the most common of the hermit crabs on the reefs of Oahu, 

 Hawaii. Thirty-six specimens were collected at Fanning Island. 



Calcinus elegans (Milne Edwards). 



Calcinus clcgans Dana, U. S. Expl. Exped., vol. 13, Crust., p. 458, 1852; pi. 28, 

 fig. 10 a-c, 1855: Alcock, Cat. Indian Decapod Crust., pt. 2, fasc. 1. p. 55. 

 pi. 5, fig. 2, 1905. 



The species has a range extending from the east coast of Africa 

 through the Indian and Pacific Oceans to Hawaii. One specimen was col- 

 lected at Palmyra and 5 at Fanning Island. 



Calcinus latens Randall. 



Calcinus latens, Dana, U. S. Expl. Exped., vol. 13, Crust., p. 459, 1852; pi. 28. 

 fig. 11, 1855: Alcock, Cat. Indian Decapod, Crust., pt. 2, fasc. 1. p. 58, pi. 5. 

 fig. 5, 1905, 



The range of the species is from the east coast of Africa and the Red 

 Sea through the Indian Ocean. Records are from the Liu Kiu Islands. 



