1900.] PROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC. 579 



Var. picta Stimps., 1858. . 



Thalamita picta, Stimpson, Proc. Ac. N. Sci. Pbilad. 1858, p. 39 ; 

 A. M.-Edwards, JYouv. Arch. Mus. (1) ix. p. 164, pi. iv. fig. 4 

 (1873); Alcock, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxviii. 2, i. p. 79 (1899). 



Kotuma ; one male. 



Var. stimpsoni A. M.-Edw., 1861. 



Thalamita stimpsoni, A. M.-Edwards, Arch. Mus. x. p. 362, 

 pi. xxxv. fie. 4 (1861) ; Alcock, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxviii. p. 79 

 (1899). 



Var. spinimaista Dana, 1852. 

 i Thalamita spinimana, Dana, U.S. Expl. Exped., Crust, i. p. 283, 

 pi. xvii. fig. 8 (1852); A. M.-Edw. Arch. Mus. x. p. 364(1861) ; 

 id. Nouv. Arch. Mus. (1) ix. p. 165, pi. iv. fig. 5 (1873). 



Eotuma ; five males. 



18. Thalamita admete (Herbst), 1803. 



Cancer admete, Herbst, Naturges. Krabb. u. Krebse, iii. 3, p. 40, 

 pi. lvii. fig. 1 (1803). 



Thalamita admete, H. M.-Edw. H. N. Crust, i. p. 459 (1834) ; 

 id. Cuvier's R. An. 2nd ed., Atlas Crust, pi. ix. fig. 2 (no date) ; 

 Wbitelegge, Mem. Austral. Mus. iii. 2, p. 138 (1897). 



Thalamita admeta, Alcock, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxviii. 2, i. 

 p. 32 (1899). 



Rotuma ; three males. 



Var. edwabesi, n. nom. 



Thalamita admete, A. M.-Edwards, Arch. Mus. Paris, x. p. 356 

 (1861). 



Alcock (J. As. Soc. Beng. lxviii. p. 84) points out the existence 

 of three varieties of this species. It is at present convenient 10 

 have a name for such forms, and accordingly it is here proposed 

 to call Alcock's var. (2) edwardsi, alter Prof. A. Milne-Edwards, 

 who described it. 



Funafuti ; one male. 



19. Thalamita integba Dana, 1852. 



Thalamita Integra, Dana, Proc. Ac. N. Sci. Philad. 1852, p. 85; 

 id. U.S. Expl. Exped., Crust, i. p. 281, pi. xvii. fig. 6 (1852) ; "White- 

 legge, Mem. Austral. Mus. iii. 2, p. 138 (1897); Alcock, Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng. lxviii. 2, i. p. 85 (1899). 



Funafuti ; seven males, six females. 



Subfamily G&BEYEHUE. 

 Genus Caphyra Guerin, 1832. 



20. Caphyra rotundifrons (A. M.-Edw.), 1869. 

 Camptonyx rotundifrons, A. M.-Edwards, Nouv. Arch. Mus. (1) 



v. p. 156, pi. vii. figs 11 & 12(1869). 



