of the Pacific Shores of North America. 479. 
LITHODES BREVIPES. Edwards et Lucas. 
Lithodes brevipes, Epwarps et Lucas; Archives du Museum, ii. 463. PI. 
XXIV-XXVII. Branpt ; Bulletin phys.-mathém. de? Acad. de St. Pétersb. 
vii. 173.  Sibirische Reise, Zoülogie, i. 99. 
Inthis species the feet are shorter than is usual in the 
genus, and there are few spines on the body, all of moderate 
length. 
Hab. Unalaschka, ( Wosnessenski.) 
Mus. Paris; Acad. Petrop. 
LITHODES CAMTSCHATICUS. Latreille. 
Lithodes Camtschaticus, LATREILLE ; in Cuviers Regne Animal, 2d ed. iv. 65. 
Mitxz-Epwanps; Hist. Nat. des Crust., ii. 187. BnANDT; Sibirische Reise, 
Zoölogie, i. 94. 
Hab. Atcha, Unalaschka, ( Wosnessenski.) 
Mus. Acad. Petrop. 
Trine HAPALOGASTRINEA. 
This remarkable tribe, although resembling much the 
- Porcellanidea in general appearance, appears to be cor- 
rectly placed between the Lithodea and the Paguridea. 
The distinguishing character consists in the structure of the 
abdomen, which, although broad and reflexed below the 
abdomen, is soft as in the hermit crabs; the basal and 
terminal articles only being provided with a hard coat- 
ing. De Haan’s Lomis dentata seems to belong to this 
tribe, The true Lomis, as described by Milne-Edwards, 
has a hard and crustaceous abdomen, as in Lithodes and 
Porcellana. ; 
This tribe was first defined by Bnaxpr, the distinguished 
zoülogist of St. Petersburg. He describes two species, both 
from the northwest coast of America. The most common 
‘rab found on the shores of Jesso, one of the Japanese 
