536 RANKIN. 



PaLINURID/E. 



40. Panulirus argus (Latreille). 



Palinurus argus Latreille ; Milne-Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust., 

 II., p. 300, 1837. 



2 $ juv. Locality not noted, '97. Two adult specimens were 

 sent to the N. Y. Aquarium for exhibition, but did not survive the 

 journey. This is the " lobster " of the Bermudas ; its large size 

 and brilliant coloring make it by far the most striking of the Ber- 

 muda Crustacea. 



Heilprin reports " Palinurus anicricanus Lamk., the large Ber- 

 muda Crayfish." As he says however that " I am unable to 

 state positively if the species is correctly referred," it is probable 

 that his species should also be P. argus. 



Reported also by Jones ; Whitfield collection. 



Distribution : Florida Keys ; West Indies to Brazil. 



Stenopid.e. 



*4i. Stenopus hispidus (Latreille). 



Reported by Spence Bate. 



Distribution : warm w^aters of both hemispheres. 



NlKID^. 



42. Nika bermudensis n. sp. 

 (Plate XVII., Fig. 2.) 



Three specimens, 2 ? with ova, i $ . Harrington Sound,, 

 dredged at a depth of one fathom in clean white sand, '98. I 

 am indebted to Mr. F. W. Carpenter of New York University 

 for these specimens. 



Rostrum one-third the length of the cephalo-thorax, some- 

 what shorter than the opthalmapoda, spiniform, not extending 

 backward as a keel, bifid at apex, the lower tooth being the 

 longer, projecting beyond the teeth on both sides are two hairs. 



Anterior margin of carapace produced into a small rounded 

 antennal angle, not spiniform, no ocular tooth. Fronto-lateral 

 angle rounded. 



