189S.] ON CRtrSTiCBANS FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC, 457 



A commanication was read from Mr. L. W. Wiglesworth, 

 entitled " Theories of the Origin of Secondary Sexual Characters," 

 which contained arguments in favour of the theory of the 

 stimulation of parts to higher development through use or external 

 violence or irritation, as observed in birds. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. On some Crustaceans from the South Pacific. — Part II. 

 Macrura anomala \ By L. A. Borradaile, M.A., 

 F.Z.S., Lecturer in Natural Sciences at Selwyn College, 

 Cambridge. 



[Eeceived April 28, 1898.] 



(Plate XXXVI.) 



The collections with which the present paper deals were made 

 in the islands of Funafuti (EUice group) and Eotuma by 

 Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, to whom I am much indebted for 

 information respecting the habits &c. of several of the species. 

 The facts with which Mr. Gardiner has furnished me will be 

 given, in his own words, under the species they refer to. 



The Funafuti collection comprised examples of the following 

 species : — 



1. Birgus latro (Linn.). 2 c? , 5 $ . 



2. Coenobita perlatus H. M.-Edw. 2 d . 



3. Coenohita rugosus H. M.-Edw. 4 c?. 



Var. pulclier Dana. 4 d' , 4 5 . 



4. Pagurus setifer H. M.-Edw. 1 2 . 



5. Pagurus euopsis Dana. 1 5 . 



6. Aniculus typicus Dana. 1 d" , 1 ? . 



7. Calcinus elegans (H. M.-Edw.). 1 r? , 4 $ . 



8. Calcinus herhsti de Man. 11 c? , 13 5 • 



Var. lividus (H. M.-Edw.). 2 6 . 



9. Calcinus latens (Kandall). 6 c? , 5 5 . 



10. Clibanarius corallinus (H. M.-Edw.). 76, 6 $ . 



11. Clibanarius cequabilis Dana. 3 6 . 



12. Clibanarius zebra Dana. 2 <S . 



13. Diogenes pallescens Whitelegge. 2 cJ . 



14. Galathea affinis Ortraann. 2 c? • 



15. Petrolisthes lamarclci (Leach). 2 cJ , 5 2 . 



Var. asiaticus (Leach). 2 5 . 

 Var. rufescens (Heller). 4 d , 3 $ . 

 Yar. Jimbriatus, nov. 1 c? , 1 $ . 



16. Remipes padficus Dana. 30 c? , 12 2 • 



^ For Part I., see P. Z. S. 1898, p. 32. 



