Cyclograpsus lavauxi (Milne-Edwards).

Cyclograpsus lavauxi and Cyclograpsus whitei M.-Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. (3^e ser.), 20, p. 197, 1853. Cyclograpsus lavauxi Miers, Cat. N.Z. Crust., p. 41, 1876. Cyclograpsus audouinii Dana, U.S. Explor. Exped., Crust., 1, p. 359, pl. 22, fig. 2, 1852.

Three spirit specimens washed up on Low Flat Beach, Sunday Island; also two dried specimens in logs washed up on the beaches, Sunday Island.

The species is common on New Zealand coasts, and is also found in Australia.

I follow Miers in referring our New Zealand form to this species, and in considering C. whitei as identical with C. lavauxi. Other closely allied