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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Alph. Milne-Edwahds gives an account of some higher Crustacea col- 
lected at ManadOy in Northern Celebes, among which a new genus, Gnatho- 
grapsus. Nouv. Arch. Mus. iv. pp. 173-185. 
A considerable number of Pulgnesum Crustacea, with indication of the 
localities, is contained in Schmeltz’s Catalogue IV. of the Museum Godellroy, 
Hamburg, 18G9, 8vo. 
DECAPODA. 
BRACHYURA. 
OXY RH YNCHA. 
Phycodes, gen. nov, Cephalothorax piriform j rostrum bicuspidate ; inner 
edges of the orbits not prolonged into spines j orbits large, not well circum- 
scribed. Basal joint of the outer antennae long and dilated at its extremity, 
with two spines j the second joint very slender. Fourth joint of the inner 
maxillipeds (merognaths) with a very oblique hinder margin, and with a 
very sensible notch at its antero-internal angle for the insertion of the fifth 
joint. Ph. antennarius, sp. n., Cape-Verde Islands. Alph. M.-Edwards, 
Revue et Mag. Zool. pp. 374-376. 
Parthempe houvieri^ sp. n., Alph. M.-Edw. 1. c. p. 350, Cape-Verde Islands. 
jEthra scutata, sp. n.. Smith, Am. Journ. Science and Arts, and Ann. & 
Mag. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 230, La Paz, Lower California. L. Smith thinks with 
Stimpson that this genus has its proper place here, and not in tho Oyclo- 
metopa. 
Cyclometopa. 
Actesa ruppellii (Krauss as ^gle). Critical remarks by Hilgendorf in V. d. 
Decken’s Reisen in Ost-Afrika, iii. p. 73. 
Banareia, gen. nov., allied to Actcca (I)e Haan), but tho buccal area 
notched by tho efTorent channels of the gills j basal joint of tho outer antemuo 
short, nearly square j third joint of tho outer maxillipeds mucii trimcalej 
claws cutting and pointed. B. armata, sp. u.. New Caledonia. Alph. 
]\lilne-Ed wards, Ann. Soc. Entomol. do France, vol. ix. p. 168, pi. 8. 
Zophactcea picta^ sp. n., Alph. M.-Edwards, Revue et Mag. Zool. p. 410, 
Cape-Verde Islands. 
Xantho denticulatus (White) redescribed by Smith, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 
Hist. xii. p. 275, Abrolhos, Aspinwall, Bermuda. 
Xantho corrosus [-a] and X. houvieri, spp. nn., Alph. M.-Edw. Revue et 
Mag. Zool. pp. 370-378, Cape-Verde Islands. 
Xanthodes rufopunctatuSj sp. n., Alph. M.-Edw. 1 . c. p. 409, Cape-Verde 
Islands. 
Chlo7'odiu8 edwardsii (Heller), from Zanzibar, its outer maxillipeds notched 
as in Daira, Hilgendorf, 1. c. p. 74, pi. 2. fig. 2 j Chi. depressus (Heller), 
noticed, ibid. 
Ozius speaiosiis, sp. n,, Hilgendorf, 1. c. p. 74, pi. 2. fig. I, Zanzibar. 
Panopeus herbstii (M.-Edw.), var. obesus, Florida and Aspinwall ; P. va- 
Udus, Panama j harttii, Abrolhos; h'adlcyi, Panama; Abrolhos; 
pla?iu3, Panama ; depi'cssus^ Newhaven ; and sayi, Newhaven, spp. nn., with 
some remarks on other species of this genus. Smith, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 
Hist. xii. pp. 275-285. — P. harttii and polilus, redescribed and figured by the 
