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Pilumnopeus serratifrons (Kinahan).

Ozius serratifrons Kinahan, Journ. Roy. Soc. Dublin, vol. 1, p. 113, Pl. 4, Fig. 1. 1856.

Pilumnopeus serratifrons Miers, Cat. Crust. N.Z., p. 20. 1876.

— Filhol, Mission de l'Ile Campbell, p. 378. 1885

— Haswell, Cat. Crust. Austr., p. 70, Pl. 2, Fig. 1. 1882.

— Miers, Zool. H.M.S. “Alert,” p. 228. 1884.

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Sphaerozius (?) serratifrons Miers, Challenger Report, Zool., vol. 17, p. 144. 1886.

Pilumnopeus serratifrons Fulton and Grant, Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict., vol. 19, pt. 1, p. 18. 1906.

There is only weak evidence that this crab occurs in New Zealand. It was recorded by Miers (1876), and though he again referred (1884) to New Zealand specimens in the British Museum, this does not refute Hutton's view (1882) that it should be excluded from our list.

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