512 MH. H. KTDLET ON THE 



18r-r\ Lophactaea lobata, A. Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. 

 Nat. i. p. 249, pi. xvi. fig. 3. 



A single male specimen. This is a West-Indian and Mexican 

 species. 



GEAPSOIDEA. 

 Family Octpodid^. 



Greniis OcTPODA, Fahricius. 

 1798. Ocypoda, Fahricius (pt.), Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 347. 

 1837. Ocypoda, Milne-Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust, vol. ii. p. 41. 

 1880. Ocypoda, Kingsley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. p. 179. 

 1886. Ocypoda, Miers, Br achy ur a of H.M.S. ' Challenger,' p. 237. 



Ocypoda aeenaeia (Cateshy). 



1771. Cancer arenarius, Cateshy, Hist, of the Carolinas, ii. p. 35, 



pi. XXXV. 



1880. Ocypoda arenarius, Kingsley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 

 p. 184. 



1882. Ocypoda arenarius, Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, x. p. 384, 

 pi. xvii. fig. 7. 



Five adult specimens (four males and one female). 

 [Common in holes in the sand at Sueste Bay and Sambaqui- 

 chaba.— 77. N: i?.] 



Family Gteapsid^. 

 Genus Grapstjs, Lamarck. 

 1818. Grapsus, Lamarck (pt.). Hist. Nat. Anim. sans Vert. v. p. 247. 

 1880. Grapsus, Kingsley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. p. 192. 

 1886. Grapsus, Miers, Brachyura of H.M.S. ' Challenger,' p. 254. 



Grapsus MACULATrs (Catesht/). 



1771. Pagurus maculatus, Cateshy, Nat. Hist. Carolinas, ii. p. 36, 

 pi. xxxvi. fig. 1 . 



1880. Grapsus maculatus, Kingsley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 

 p. 192. 



This species has a very wide range, occurring upon the coasts 

 of the warmer temperate and tropical parts of the Indian, Pacific, 

 and Atlantic Oceans. It is exceedingly variable, and the extent 

 of variation is well shown by the specimens brought from Fer- 

 nando Noronha. 



Five immature and two adult males were obtained ; the former 



