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bun, of the National Museum, for assistance in identifying a few 

 species ; and also to Dr. Ortmann, of Princeton, who has kindly 

 assisted me in many ways and to whom this report owes much 

 of any value it may possess. 



DECAPODA. 



BRACK YURA-CATOMETOPA, 



Family Ocypodidae Ortmann. 



I. Ocypode arenaria (Catesby). 



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

 1771. 



Kingsley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phil., 1880, p. 184. 

 Ortmann, Z06I. Jahrb., VII, p. 765, 1894. 

 {a) 5 ^,2 9. Near Nassau, N. P., Jan. 24, '90. 

 Range : South shore Long Island to Rio Janeiro. 

 Collected at Cuba, Jamaica, St. Thomas, New Providence. 



2. Uca platydactyla (Milne-Edwards). 



Gelasimus platydactylus Milne-Edwards, Hist, des Crustaces, 

 II, p. 51, 1837. 



G. Jieterocheles Kingsley, 1. c, 1880, p. 137. 



(ci) A- $ . Under sides of stones, Dix Point, near Nassau, N. 

 P., Feb. 4, '90. 



(^) 8 ^, 7 9. 



Range : East and west coasts Central America, West Indies. 



Collected at Jamaica. 



3. Uca vocator (Herbst). 



Cancer vocator Herbst. Natur. Krabben u. Krebse, III, pt. 

 IV, 1804. 



Gelasimus vocator Martens; Kingsley, 1. c, 1880, p. 147. 



{a) I $ . Bahama Islands. 



Range : East coast of America, west coast of Mexico, Pan- 

 ama, West Indies. 



Collected at Bahamas, Cuba, Hayti, Jamaica. 



