GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF CRUSTACEA. 1571 



called the " Madecasse" by Edwards, a name here not accepted, as 

 the larger part of Madagascar is in the torrid and not subtorrid region. 



2. The Abyssinian Province (torrid), including the east coast of 

 Africa and. the Ked Sea, excepting its northern third, and also the 

 larger part of Madagascar and the islands of that part of the Indian 

 Ocean. 



3. The Erythrean Province (subtorrid), including the northern 

 subtorrid part of the Red Sea, and probably also the Persian Gulf. 



B. ASIATIC SECTION. 

 I. ASIATIC TORRID SUBKINGDOM. 



1. The Indian Province (torrid), including the East Indian Islands, 

 Northern Australia, from its most western to its most eastern cape, 

 and the coast of Asia to latitude 12£° on the coast of Cochin China. 



2. The Liukiu Province (subtorrid), including the islands of Liukiu 

 and Formosa, the Meicoshimah Islands, and the southeastern coast of 

 Niphon, along by Jeddo, with the eastern side of Kiusiu; the province 

 has but little space on the coast of Asia, along a part of Cochin China. 



A third province exists on the west coast of Australia. 



II. ASIATIC NORTH TEMPERATE SUBKINGDOM. 



1. The Tonquin Province (warm temperate), including the Gulf of 

 Tonquin and coast of China, south of 25°. 



2. The Chusan Province (subtemperate), including the coast of 

 China north of 25° and the Yellow Sea, together with the western 

 part of Kiusiu, along by Nagasaki. 



The temperate region is nearly or quite absent from the China coast. 



3. The Saghalian Province (subfrigid), including the Asiatic coast 

 within the Japan Sea, and part of the western and the northern shores 

 of Niphon, with the islands Saghalian, Yeso, and others. 



The cold temperate region does not appear to be represented on the 

 Asiatic coast, but is found on the east coast of Niphon, where it forms 

 along with the subtemperate region, what may be called the Niphon 

 Province. 



