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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON 25. D. C. 
OotoliBr 21, 1959 
Dr. Meredith Jones 
Oceanographic Institute 
The Florida State UniTersity 
Tallahfes^e, Florida 
Dear Dr. Jonea: 
There has finally teen an opportunity to examine the 
decapods received under your letter of July 20. 
The snrliup is a female of Ogvrldes limlcola ¥llliaiiis, 
1955, which was originally descrlhed from the Beaufort, 
North Carolina, area. Whether that species is synonymous 
with one or more described earlier can only he determined 
hy intensive study of the variation in the genus. 
The smaller stonatopod is a female of GonodactvluB 
oerstedii Hansen, 1895, prohahly the most abundant species 
between the Carolinas and Bermuda and Brazil. 
The larger stomatopod is an amazingly large female 
of Lvsiosgullla scabrlcauda (Lamarch, 1818). As far as 
I can determine from glancing over our collection, we 
have no Atlantic DysloBoullla approaching this specimen in 
size. 1. macalata of the Indo-Paciflc region not infrequently 
attains such a size, but I did not know that any Atlantic 
species did. The circumstances of capture of the specimen 
are unusual; all I can think is that it was dying of old 
age, for it does not seem to be damaged in any way. Fncloeed 
is one of my papers containing a key that you may find 
useful if you should encounter other material of LysioBoullla . 
I can find nothing in your letter about the disposition 
of these specimens. Are they to be returned to you, or may 
we keep them for the national collections? 
Sincerely 
"Fenner A. Chaoe, Jr. / ’ 
Curator 
Division of Marine Invertebrates 
Enclosure: Eeprint 
