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CEtrSTACEA. 515certa<strong>in</strong> number of Decapoda from Madagascar; am<strong>on</strong>g <strong>the</strong>m arecerta<strong>in</strong> sjjecies new to <strong>the</strong> Madagascar fauna.1 may refer, <strong>in</strong> c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>, to Dr. 11. Kossmann's elaborate accountof <strong>the</strong> Malacostraca (Brachi/i(ra and Anomura) <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> yet <strong>in</strong>completeaccount of his' Explorati<strong>on</strong> of <strong>the</strong> coasts of <strong>the</strong> lied Sea*,where<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> pr<strong>in</strong>ciple of unit<strong>in</strong>g allied species is carried to a j^erhaps<strong>in</strong>c<strong>on</strong>venient degree, and some modificati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> classificati<strong>on</strong> ofgenera and species are projwsed which are of doubtful value to <strong>the</strong>systematist, but which c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>s much important and useful matterrelat<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> Crustacean fauna of <strong>the</strong> Eed Sea. In this workfrequent reference is <strong>made</strong> to a publicati<strong>on</strong> (<strong>in</strong> liussian, and withllussian title) by Dr. Pauls<strong>on</strong>, which appeared at Kiew <strong>in</strong> 187o, butwhich 1 have never seenf, and which I believe has been quoted byno o<strong>the</strong>r carc<strong>in</strong>oloaist.List of <strong>the</strong> Localities.Seychelles.4-12 fms., coral and sand, March 1882 (No. 194).Bird Island, December 1881 (No. 210).Mahe Island, beach, March 1882 (No. 196).Amirante Group.African Island. Beach, December 1881 (No. 210).African or Eagle Islands. 10 fms., sand and coral, March 1882(No. 184).Eagle Island. Beach, December 1881 (No. 210).Darros Island. Beach, March 1882 (Nos. 199, 200) ;22 fms., sand andcoral, March 1882 (Nos. 185, 233).Poivre Island. Beach, March 1882 (No. 198).Poivre Island and lie des Roches. 13-20 fms., sand and mud, March1882 (No. 183).He des Koches. Beach, December 1881 (No. 210).Etoile Island. 13 fms., coral, April 1882 (No. 191).Marie-Louise Island. 17 fms., coral, April 1882 (Nos. 186, 190),He des Neufs. 15 fms., dead coral, April 1882 (No. 187).Providence Group.Providence Island. Beach, December 1881 (No. 210); 19 fms., coral,April 1882 (No. 217).Providence Reef. 24 fms., sand and dead coral, April 1882 (No. 215).Cerf Islands. 10 fms., sand, April 1882 (No. 232).* 'Zoologische Ergebnisse e<strong>in</strong>er . . . Keise <strong>in</strong> die Kiistengebiete des ro<strong>the</strong>nMeeres" (erste u. zweite Halftcn), 4to, Leipzig (1877 and 188U).t Tliis title, as translated for me by Mr. H. li. Wils<strong>on</strong>, lately of <strong>the</strong> Departmentof Pr<strong>in</strong>ted Books <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> British Miiseii<strong>in</strong>, signifies " Eesearches up<strong>on</strong><strong>the</strong> Crustacea of <strong>the</strong> Ked Sea."2l2

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