[Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., XI, No. 12, pp. 225 to 258, August 13, 1898.] 



THE NORTHROP COLLECTION OF CRUSTACEA 

 FROM THE BAHAMAS. 



W. M. Rankin. 



[Plates XXIX-XXX.] 



The Crustacea collected by Professor and Mrs. Northrop in 

 the Bahama Islands in 1890 were sent to me by Professor 

 Osborn, with the request that I prepare a report on them. The 

 following list is the result. Such a list is of necessity largely a 

 mere catalogue of names, but it is hoped that it may be of ser- 

 vice in the preparation of a more extensive fauna of the Baha- 

 mas when such a work shall be undertaken. It has been with 

 the idea of giving a little wider interest to the list that with each 

 species the range of distribution has been given, and also the 

 •West Indian Islands noted where the species has been found, 

 although this latter record is no doubt incomplete, I hope at 

 least these notes of distribution may serve as a suggestion for 

 the fuller record of the distribution of these species among the 

 West Indies. The synonymy I have made brief, merely citing 

 the original author and usually a reference to the work where a 

 complete synonymy may be found. 



The letters (^), (^), etc., in many species indicate the various 

 series of specimens in the collection as they were arranged 

 originally or, in some cases, sorted out by me after their re- 

 ceipt. To these series I have fortunately been able to add some 

 notes made by Professor Northrop when the collections were 

 made, and recently sent me by Mrs. Northrop. 



Among the sixty -seven species collected I have determined 

 four as new species and one I have ranked as a new variety. 

 There is also pubHshed for the first time a figure of Stenopiis 

 Icevis. For the careful drawings of the figures I am indebted to 

 Mr. R. Weber. I wish to express my obligations to Miss Rath- 



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