MR. E. J. MIERS'S REVISION OF TEE HIPPIDEA.. 



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1. A. symnista (Linn.). 



A. guerinii, Lucas. 



A. microps, White, MS. 



A. gibbesii, Stimpson. 



A. oxyophthalma, Leach (ined.). 



A. lucasii, Saussure. 



A. speciosa, Dana. 



Fam. AlbuneiDvE. 

 Albunea. 



Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan archi- 

 pelago. 

 Gulf of Algiers. 

 Sooloo Island. 



South-east coast of United States. 

 West Indies, Cayenne, Brazil. 

 Mazatlan. 

 Sandwich Islands. 



L. scutellata (Desm.). 

 L. venusta, Stm. 

 L. my ops, Stm. 



Lepidops. 



Peru ? St. Thomas. 

 West Indies (St. Thomas). 

 California (Cape St. Lucas). 



Blepharopoda. 

 B. spinimana (Philippi.). Chili. 



B. occidentalis, Randall. California. 



B. spinosa, M.-Edw. and Lucas. Peru. 



As to Sahits. — Until quite receutly but little was known re- 

 specting the life-history and habits of the Sippidea ; but Mr. S. 

 I. Smith has, in his most interesting and valuable memoir on the 

 early stages of TLippa talpoidea (Trans. Connect. Acad. iii. 1877), 

 furnished a fully detailed account of the development of the 

 common species of the Eastern shores of the United States. He 

 states, with regard to its habits, that this animal is far more 

 abundant on the sandy coasts of the Southern United States, and 

 gives reasons for believing that the northern range of this, as of 



