[Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., Vol. XII, No. 12, pp. 521-548. May 4, 1900.] 



THE CRUSTACEA OF THE BERMUDA ISLANDS 



With Notes on the Collections Made by the New York 

 University Expeditions in 1897 and 1898. 



W. M. Rankin. 



(Read May 8, 1899.) 



[Plate XVH.] 



For a few weeks during each of the summers of 1897 and 

 1898, a party sent out by the New York University was in the 

 Bermudas investigating the fauna and the general character of 

 the islands, with a view to the desirability of establishing there 

 a permanent biological station. Among the various collections 

 gathered was a considerable number of Crustacea, which have 

 been in my hands for identification and study. 



Hitherto the most complete list of the Bermuda Crustacea has 

 been that of Heilprin, who, in 1888, conducted to the islands a 

 party from the Philadelphia Academy of Natural . Sciences. 

 Some of the results of this expedition were published in the 

 " Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy " of that year, and in 

 book form — " The Bermuda Islands " — the following year. Pro- 

 fessor Heilprin enumerated 27 species, all but four of which have 

 been collected by the N. Y. University expedition, but which now 

 puts on record in the following list 43 species, 16 more than 

 Heilprin collected. 



Besides Heilprin's list there are several other recorded collec- 

 tions from the Bermudas, and it has been my purpose in the 

 present paper to gather together all these reports and to com- 

 pile, along with the notes on the species of this expedition, a com- 

 plete" list of the hitherto recorded Crustacea of the Bermuda is- 

 lands. 



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