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;CRUSTACEA. 545Laut {H. 0. Forhes) ; Keel<strong>in</strong>g or Cocos Island {Lt. Burnahy) ; FijiIslands, Nairai (H.M.S. ' Ilerahl ') ; and Samoa Islands {Rev. S. J.Whitmee).From G. macuJatits this species seems to be best dist<strong>in</strong>guishableby its usually broader, less abruptly deflexed fr<strong>on</strong>t, with straightermarg<strong>in</strong>, and by <strong>the</strong> more widely transverse, shorter epistoma.63. Geograpsus grayi (M.-Edw.).lie des Roches, two adult males ; Providence Island, an adultfemale (No. 210).The series <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Museum collecti<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong>cludes specimens fromEgypt (Sir J. G. Wilk<strong>in</strong>s<strong>on</strong>) ; Mauritius ; Zanzibar (Si?' J. Kirk) ;Madagascar, Tamatave (Rev. Deans Cowan) ; Ceyl<strong>on</strong>, Galle (Dr.W. Ondaatje) ; Loyalty Islands, Lifu (Rev. S. J. Whitmee)Mare (W. Wykeham Perry) ; and Fiji Islands, Matuka (H.M.S.'HeraUyMr. K<strong>in</strong>gsley has already (t. c. p. 196) noted <strong>the</strong> identity ofGeograpsus rubidu/f, Stimps<strong>on</strong>, under which name specimens fromEast Africa and Reuni<strong>on</strong> are referred to by Hilgendorf and Hoffmann,with G. grayi.64. Metopograpsus messor (ForsJcal).Mahe Island, beach (Xo. 196) ; a male.The distributi<strong>on</strong> of this comm<strong>on</strong> species has been referred to <strong>in</strong><strong>the</strong> preced<strong>in</strong>g part of this <str<strong>on</strong>g>Report</str<strong>on</strong>g> (p. 245.) The specimen from MaheIsland appears to bel<strong>on</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> variety designated by M.-EdwardsM. <strong>in</strong>termedius, characterized by <strong>the</strong> larger mark<strong>in</strong>gs of <strong>the</strong> carapace,<strong>the</strong> fr<strong>on</strong>t is <strong>on</strong>ly very obscurely denticulated.Mr. J. S. K<strong>in</strong>gsley, <strong>in</strong> his recent revisi<strong>on</strong> of <strong>the</strong> Grapsidse*,places <strong>the</strong> Grapsus (Pachyr/rajisus) oithiopicus, Hilgendorf, as a dist<strong>in</strong>ctspecies <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> genus Pachygrapsus, be<strong>in</strong>g apparently unawarethat Hilgendorf has himself admitted <strong>the</strong> correctness of Kossmann'sidentificati<strong>on</strong> of this species with M. messor f.65. Liolophus planissimus (Herhst).Thirteen specimens (am<strong>on</strong>g <strong>the</strong>m but <strong>on</strong>e adult male) wereobta<strong>in</strong>ed at Darros Island <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> beach (No. 200), and a very smallmale at Etoile Island, 13fms. (No. 191).S<strong>in</strong>ce my revisi<strong>on</strong> of <strong>the</strong> genus <strong>in</strong> 1878 % specimens have beenadded to <strong>the</strong> Museum collecti<strong>on</strong> from Ascensi<strong>on</strong> Island (Staff-Surge<strong>on</strong> T. C'<strong>on</strong>ry) ; Vizagapatam (A. E. Craven) ; and <strong>the</strong> Koreanseas (Capt. H. St. John).* Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. p. 200 (1880).t Hilgendorf, M<strong>on</strong>atsb. Akad. Wiss. Berl<strong>in</strong>, p. 808 (1878).I Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, i. p. 153 C187S). 2n

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