526 RANKIN. 



GRAPSID.E. 



4. Sesarma cinerea (Say). 



Grapsiis cinerea Say, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, I., 

 p. 442, 1818. 



Several specimens from the Flatts and Bailey's Bay, '98. 



Veiy numerous at the Flatts on rocks above high water mark. 

 They run very rapidly and conceal themselves under stones when 

 pursued. They may not uncommonly be found on the trunks 

 of the juniper trees, the bark of which they resemble in color. 

 One specimen was taken as high as two feet from the ground. 



Reported by Heilprin, from the Flatts ; Whitfield collection. 



Distribution : Virginia to Florida ; West Indies. 



*5. Cyclograpsus integer Milne Edwards. 



Reported by Heilprin ; Goode collection. 

 Distribution : Florida ; West Indies ; Brazil. 



6. Pachygrapsus transversus (Gibbes). 



Grapsiis transversus Gibbes, Proc. Am. As. Adv. Sci., III., p. 

 181, 1850. 



Numerous specimens from the tide pools under stones in 

 Castle Harbor and Bailey's Bay, '97 and '98. They conceal 

 themselves among the stones which they somewhat resemble in 

 color. It seems to be the most common littoral crab. 



Reported by Heilprin, Miers and Ortmann ; Goode collection. 



Distribution : warm and temperate waters of both hemispheres. 



*/. Pachygrapsus gracilis (Saussure). 



Goode collection. 



Distribution : Florida ; West Indies ; Yucatan. 



8. Nautilograpsus minutus (Linnaeus). 



Ca7icer niinntns Linnaeus, Sys. Nat., Ed. X, I., p. 625, 1758. 



Numerous specimens found, in '97, in the tide-pools with 

 Pachygrapsus among the Sargassum in which it lives, and is so 

 found distributed over the shores of the Atlantic, Pacific and 

 Indian oceans. 



