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Genus GONIOPSIS de Haan. 

 GONIOPSIS CRUENTATA (Latreille) . 



Grapsus cruentatus Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust., VI, 1803, p. 70. 

 Grapaus (Goniopsis) cruentatus de Haan, Fauna Japon., 1835, p. 33. 

 Grapsus pelii Herklots, Addit. Fauna Afr. Occ, 1851, p. 8, pi. i, figs. 6, 7. 



Range. — Bahamas and Florida Keys to Eio de Janeiro; Bermudas; 

 West Africa; west coast of Nicaragua (Kingsley). 



West African localities. — Dakar (O. F. Oook, collector); Eock Spring, 

 Monrovia (O. F. Cook, collector) ; mouth of Mesurado Eiver (O. F. Cook, 

 collector) ; Liberia (von Martens) ; Ashantee (Benedict) ; Boutry, Guinea 

 (Herklots); Princes Island (Osorio); St. Thomas, at logo- logo, Praia 

 das Conchas, and Binda (Osorio); Gabun (Kingsley); Ogove (Thall- 

 witz); Angola and Lobito (Osorio). 



Genus METOPOGRAPSUS Milne-Edwards 



METOPOGRAPSUS MESSOR (Forskal) . 



Cancer messor Forskal, Desc. Anim. Itin. Or., 1775, p. 88. 



Metopograpsus messor Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. (3), XX, 1853, p. 165. 



Range. — Oriental region; West Africa. 



West African localities. — Canaries (Brulle); St. Thomas (Osorio); 

 Angola (Osorio). 



Genus GRAPSUS Lamarck. 



GRAPSUS GRAPSUS (Linn^us) . 



Cancer grapsus Linn^us, Sys. Nat., 10th ed., I, 1758, p. 630. 



Cancer (Grapsus) grapsus Latreille, Regne Anim. Cuvier, III, 1817, p. 16. 



Grapsus grapsus IvES, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1891, p. 190. 



Range. — Throughout the Tropics. 



West African localities. — Madeira (Dana, Stimpson) ; Canary Islands 

 (Milne-Edwards); Cape Yerde Islands (Dana, Stimpson, Miers, Bene- 

 dict); Ascension Island (Miers, Benedict, Ortmann); Eutisque, Senegal 

 (Hilgendorf ) ; Liberia (de Man); St. Thomas Island, at Eibeira Peixe, 

 Praia Almoxarife, Praia das Conchas, and Angolares (Osorio); Angola, 

 at Benguella and Koroka Eiver (Osorio). 



Genus PACHYGRAPSUS Randall. 

 PACHYGRAPSUS TRANSVERSUS Gibbes. 



Pachygrapsus transversus Gibbes, Proc. Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci., Ill, 1850, p. 181. 

 Leptograpsus rugulosus Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. (3), XX, 1853, p. 172 [138]. 



Range. — Bahamas and Florida Keys to Eio Janeiro; Bermudas; 

 West Africa; Oriental region (Australia, l^ew Zealand, Singapore, 

 Tahiti); California; Gulf of California; Gulf of Fonseca; west coast 

 of Central America; Peru; Galapagos Islands. 



West African localities. — Madeira (Stimpson, Miers); Cape Verde 

 Islands (Miers, Benedict) ; Loanda (Hilgendorf ). 



This species is quite distinct from P. maurus Lucas ( = Ooniograpsus 



