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Calappa hepatica (Linne). 
Cancer liepaticus , Linne, Mus. Lud. Ulrici, p. 448, 1764; Syst. Nat., ed. xii. p. 1048, 1766. 
„ tuberculatus, Herbst, Naturgesch. der Krabben u. Krebse, vol. i. p. 204, pi. xiii. fig. 78, 1790. 
Calappa tuberculata, Eabricius, Entom. Syst. Suppl., p. 345, 1798. 
,, ,, Gu4rin, Icon, du Regne Animal, Altas, Crust., pi. xii. fig. 2. 
,, ,, Milne Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust., vol. ii. p. 106, 1837. 
., „ Dana, U.S. Explor. Exped., vol. xiii., Crust., p. 393, 1852. 
,, ,, A. Milne Edwards, Nouv. Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., vol. x. p. 55, 1874. 
,, hepatica , de Haan, Crust, in v. Siebold, Fauna Japonica, dec. iii. p. 70, 1837. 
„ „ "White, List Crust. Brit. Mus., p. 44, 1847. 
„ ,, Miers, Cat. New Zealand Crust., p. 55, 1876. 
,, ,, Haswell, Cat. Australian Crust., p. 136, 1882. 
„ sandwichien, Eydoux and Souleyet, Crust, in Voy. de la “Bonite,” Atlas, pi. iii. fig. 10, 
1841-1852. 
Specimens of this common and widely distributed species are in the collection from 
Tongatabu, reefs (an adult male); Amboina, 10 fathoms (an adult female); and 
Honolulu, reefs (an adult male and female). 
The largest example (female from Honolulu) measures as follows: — 
Adult 5 . Lines. Millims. 
Length of carapace, about, ...... 20| 43 - 5 
Breadth of carapace, about . . . . . . 33 70 
Ccdappa granulata (Linne). 
Cancer granulatus, Linne, Syst. Nat., ed. xii. p. 1043, 1766, type, not synonym. 
„ „ Herbst, Naturgesch. der Krabben u. Krebse, vol. i. p. 200, pi. xii. figs. 75, 76, 
1782. 
Callappa granulata, Fabricius, Entom. Syst. Suppl., p. 346, 1798. 
,, „ Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins., vol. v. p. 392, pi. xliii. figs 1, 2, 
1803-1804, after Herbst. 
,, ,, Risso, Hist. Nat. de l’Europe m^ridionale, vol. v. p. 30, 1826. 
,, „ Roux, Crust, de la Mediterrante, pis. ii. and xvi. 1828-1830. 
,, ,, Milne Edwards, Hist. Nat. Crust., vol. ii. p. 103, 1837 ; Crust, in Cuvier, 
Regne Animal, ed. 3, pi. xxxviii. fig. 1. 
„ „ Heller, Crust, aes siidlichen Europa, p. 130, pi. iv. fig. 3, 1863. 
Cancer sanguineo-guttatus, Herbst, op. cit., vol. iii. pp. 20, 48, 1803, var. (1). 
Callappa sanguineo-guttata, de Haan, Crust, in v. Siebold, Fauna Japonica, dec. iii. p. 70, 
1837, var. (?). 
Two small and immature specimens dredged off Fayal, in 50 to 90 fathoms, are 
referred to this species. 
They scarcely differ from adult examples except in the more distinct tuberculation of 
the carapace. The colour is a nearly uniform yellowish-wdiite. 
Young. 
Lines. 
Millims. 
Length of carapace, about ...... 
7 
15 
Breadth of carapace at lateral expansions, . . . . 
8 
17 
Length of a chelipede, about ...... 
8 
17 
