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at Palmyra Island which, in the opinion of Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt, is prob- 

 ably of this species. 



Crangon ventrosus (Milne Edwards). 



Alpheus ventrosus Milne Edwards, Hist. Nat. des Crust., vol. 2. p. 352, 1837. 



This species is the most common and most widely distributed of the 

 genus having a general range, according to Coutiere, from Madagascar to 

 the Red Sea, eastward to the Philippines, through the Pacific to the So- 

 ciety Islands and northward to Hawaii and the Gulf of California. Twenty- 

 seven specimens were collected at Palmyra Island. 



Crangon pachychirus (Stimpson). 



Alpheus pachychirus Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, p. 30. 



The species is known from the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, 

 the Liu Kiu Islands and Rotuma. Three specimens were collected at 

 Palmyra Island. 



Crangon bucephalus (Coutiere). 



Alpheus bucephalus Coutiere, Fauna and Geogr. Maldive and Laccadive Archi- 

 pelagoes, vol. 2, p. 890, pi. 78, fig. 29, 1906. 



Previous records are from Mahe, Jibouti, Maldive Archipelago, Minikoi, 

 Balabac Straits and olT Manila. One specimen was collected at Palmyra 

 Island. 



Crangon paracrinitus (Miers). 



Alpheus paracrinitus Miers, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (5), vol. 8, p. 365, pi. 16, 

 fig. 6, 1881. 



The species has been reported from Senegambia and Jibouti. Four 

 specimens were taken at Palmyra Island. 



Crangon paracrinitus (Miers) var. near var. bengalensis (Coutiere). 



Alpheus paracrinitus var. bengalensis Coutiere, Fauna and Geogr. Maldi\'e and 

 Laccadive Archipelagos, vol. 2, p. 901, 1906. 



The var. boigalcnsis of Coutiere with which, according to Dr. Waldo 

 L. Schmitt, the Palmyra variety is a close affinity, has been recorded from 

 Minikoi in the Indian Ocean. One specimen was collected at Palmyra 

 Island. 



