THE CRUSTACEA. 



BY THOMAS WHITBLEGGE. 



THE Collection consists of over three hundred specimens, repre- 

 senting sixty-two species, five of which are herein described as 

 new. The various tribes are represented as follows : 



Species. 

 Cyclometopa ... ... ... ... 24 



Catornetopa ... ... ... ... 7 



Oxystomata ... ... ... ... 1 



Anomura ... ... ... ... ... 19 



Macrura ... ... ... ... ... 7 



Stomatopoda ... ... ... ... 1 



Isopoda ... ... ... ... ... 1 



Epicaridea... ... ... ... ... 1 



Cirripedia ... ... ... ... ... 1 



The species regarded as new have been described as fully as 

 possible, and include one each of Pilummts, Diogenes, Porcellana, 

 et(Kus, and a very interesting Epicarid of the genus Athelgue, 

 which was found on a Hermit Crab Aniculus typicus. 



I have also added such notes as would tend to aid in the iden- 

 tification of some of the lesser known species, and of any varia- 

 tions or departures from the typical forms. Among the rarer 

 species noticed may be mentioned Xantkodes nitidulus, Dana ; 

 Carpilodes margaritatus, M. Edw. ; Actaeodes speciosa, Dana; 

 Pseudoozius caystrus, Ads. & White ; Tetralia cavimana, Heller ; 

 Geograpsus crinipes, Dana ; Harpilius miersii, De Mann ; Ciro- 

 lana latistylis, Dana, and Lithotrya nicobarica, Reinhardt. 



The Geograpsus crinipes appears to be a strictly terrestrial 

 form, breathing air direct by means of the hair-lined pores 

 situated between the bases of the third and fourth pairs of legs, 

 as in the genus Ocypoda. As far as I can ascertain, this is the 

 first instance of a Grapsoid Crab living wholly on dry land. 



Mr. C. Hedley has kindly supplied the following field notes on 

 the Crustacea : 



"The dominent note in the life of a coral atoll, as expressed 

 by the Funafuti fauna, struck me as the abundance and ubiquity 

 of Crustacea. The Avifauna were but sea fowl, the indigenous 

 Mammalia but rats, the Reptilia only a stray scink and gecko, 



