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apparently so. Identification in some cases seems to be impossible without comparison with the types of A.M. Edwards. It is desirable that a portion of the brachyura which were sent to Prof. S.G. Smith and have been retained by him in New Haven, be returned in order that a sufficient series of certain groups may be brought together for study.
Several days were spent in examining a collection of Brachyura made by the schooner Grampus in the Gulf of Mexico, and partially