ZOOLOaY OF FERNANDO NOKONHA. 



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This species is the "West-Indian representative of the genus. 

 [These crabs are exported in wooden crates filled with dry leaves 

 to Pernambuco, where they are in great demand as food. We 

 were told they were land-crabs.— If. JV. E.] 



Genus Actj^a, de Haan. 

 1850. ActEea, de Haan, Ci'ust. in Siebold, Fauna Japonica, dec. i. p. 18. 



AcT^A ACANTHA, Milne- JEdwards. 



1834. Cancer acanthus, M.-Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust, i. p. 379. 

 1881. Actaea acantha, A. M.-Edwards, Miss. Sci. Mex. {Crust.) p. 245, 

 pi. xliii. fig. 1. 



One minute specimen, a male, was obtained. 



It is only comparatively lately that the locality of this species 

 has been made known by M. Alphonse Milne-Edwards, who 

 received a specimen o£ it from Gruadeloupe. 



Genus Leptoditjs, A. Milne-Edwards. 

 1863. Leptodius, A. Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. ser. 4, xx. 

 p. 283. 



1873. Leptodius, A. Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. ix. 

 p. 221. 



1886. Leptodius, Miers, Brachyura of H. M.S. * Challenger,' p. 136. 

 Leptodius americanus (Saussure). 



1858. Chlorodius americanus, H. de Saussure, M4m. sur divers Crust, 

 nouv. du Mex. et des Antilles, p. 14, pi. i. fig, 5. 



1881. Leptodius americanus, A. Milne-Edwards, Miss. Sci. Mex. 

 (Crust.) p. 269. 



Of this species eight specimens (5 males, 3 females with ova) 

 were obtained. It is found in the West Indies and Florida. 



Genus Lophact^a, A. Milne-Edwards. 

 1862. Lophactaea, A. Milne-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. ser. 4, 

 xviii. p. 43. 



1865. Lophactaea, A. Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. i. 

 p. 245. 



1886. Lophactaea, E. J. Miers, Brachyura of H.M.S. 'Challenger; 

 p. 113. 



LoPHACT^A LOB ATA, Milne-Edwards. 



1834. Cancer lobatus, Milne -Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust, i. p. 375. 



