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Reported by Heilprin — "one small specimen." Goode col- 

 lection. 



9. Grapsus grapsus (Linnaeus). 



Cancer grapsus Linnaeus, Sys. Nat., Ed. X, L, p. 630, 1758. 



3 ^ , 2 9 . On rocks of Castle and Cooper Islands and on 

 South Shore '97 and '98. These brilliantly colored crabs, though 

 quite common on the surf-beaten rocks of the islands, are difficult 

 to collect, as they make their way with surprising activity over 

 the jagged coral cliffs, disappearing suddenly into narrow clefts 

 or dropping into the boiling surf below. 



Reported by Heilprin and Miers {G. maculatus). 



Distribution : Warm seas of both hemispheres. 



10. Goniopsis cruentatus (Latreille). 



Grapsus cntcntatns Latreille, Hist. Nat. des Crust., VL, p. 70, 

 1803. 



2 ^ , I 9 , I 9 juv. Longbird Island, at end of the St. George 

 causeway, '98. Very numerous among the mangroves at this 

 place. The crabs are exceedingly wary and at the slightest dis- 

 turbance hide themselves among the roots of the mangroves or 

 in the crevices of the causeway wall. 



Reported by Heilprin and Miers from Hungry Bay. 



Distribution : Florida to Brazil ; West Indies ; West Africa. 



Cancrid.e. 



II. Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius). 



Cancer gonagra Fabricius, Sp. Ins., p. 505, 1781. 

 2 9 with ova. Cooper Island, near shore, '97. 

 Reported by Miers " a small adult male." 

 Distribution : Atlantic coast. South Carolina to Brazil ; West 

 Indies. 



12. Panopeus herbstii M. -Edwards. 



M. -Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust., I., p. 403, 1834. 

 (rt) I $ . No locality noted, '97. 



A large specimen, 40 mm. long, and 6 r mm. wide. In the 

 form of its abdomen and the antero-lateral teeth this specimen 



