THE CRUSTACEA OF THE BERMUDA ISLANDS. 525 



DECAPODA. 



OCYPODID.-E. 



I. Ocypode arenaria (Catesby). 



Cancer arcnaruis Catesby, History of the Carolinas, II., p. 35, 

 1771. 



One $ from South Shore, '97 ; one 9 , sandy beach, Cooper 

 Island, '98. Reported by Miers. 



Distribution : South shore of Long Island, to Brazil ; West 

 Indies. 



Gecarcinid^. 



2. Gecarcinus lateralis (Freminville). 



Ocypoda lateralis Freminville, Ann. Sci. Nat. (2), III., p. 

 224, 1835. 



7 (J , 3 9, Castle and Cooper Island, '97. Burrows in the 

 sandy soil among the grass. Seen also on the small islands off 

 "Seaward," Bailey's Bay. 



Reported by Heilprin, Miers, and J. M. Jones. 



I am inclined to consider G. lateralis and G. riiricola (Lin- 

 naeus) as synonyms ; but as my specimens correspond to Milne- 

 Edwards' description " Tarses armes de qiiatre rangees d'epines " 

 (Hist. Nat. Crust., II., p. 27, 1834), while the two specimens 

 from the Bahamas which I have examined have six rows, and 

 therefore would be M. -Edwards' G. riiricola^ I adopt Heilprin's 

 determination until a more complete series from both the Ber- 

 mudas and West Indies may be examined. 



Miers' reported G. lagostoma is probably, as Heilprin sug- 

 gests, also G. lateralis. 



Distribution : West Indies ; Florida Keys. 



*3. Oardisoma guanhumi Latreille. 

 Reported by Miers. 



Distribution : East and west Central America ; West Indies ; 

 West Africa. 



Note. — Species prefixed by (*) are not in the collections of the N. Y. University 

 Expeditions. They are placed in their appropriate place in order to make the 

 list consecutive. 



