Cyclograpsus punctatus Ortmann (part, not of Milne-Edwards), Zool. Jahrb., vol. 7, p. 729. 1894.

— Ortmann (part), Zool. Forschungsreisen in Austr., vol. 5, p. 57. 1894.

Cyclograpsus lavauxi Thomson, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. 45, p. 238. 1913.

— Lenz and Strunck, Deutsche Südpolar Exped., vol. 15, p. 283. 1914.

The diameter of the eggs is only 0.2 mm. A pair of specimens of this crab were taken in copula on Nov. 28, 1927, beneath a pile of intertidal rocks near Godley Heads. They were not in the water, and their presence was first detected by clicking sounds made by. rapid movements of the mouthparts, almost like distant artillery. When unearthed, they were found to be “frothing at the mouth,” as many Grapsoid crabs do when imprisoned in a bottle.

Filhol remarks that his specimens from Stewart Island appear to be smaller than those from Cook Strait and Auckland. Some details concerning the species have been given above, under C. whitei.

Ortmann (l.c., both references) has quoted C. punctatus Milne-Edwdrds from New Zealand. This is not a new record, as he identifies C. lavauxi Milne-Edwards and C. andouini Milne-Edwards with, that species. Lenz and Strunck (l.c.) have disagreed with this conclusion.

Locality.—N.Z. (Milne-Edwards, Miers).

Fairly common, from the extreme north to the extreme south (Filhol).

Portland Island, Bay of Islands, Lyttelton Harbour (G. E. Archey).

Sumner (Hutton).

Common in Otago under stones between tide marks: (Thomson).

Common in Queen Charlotte Sound, Picton, etc.; many specimens collected all round the coast of Auckland; Moko Hinau, Hen and Chickens, etc. (C.C.).

Kaikoura, abundant among rock debris; Sumner, common among stones; Taylor's Mistake, Godley Heads, Lyttelton Harbour; Castlecliff (E.W.B.).

Portland Island (C. Riesop).

Stephens Island (T. B. Smith).

Akaroa (C.C.).

Robin Hood Bay, Marlborough (G. Bigg-Wither).

Dunedin (G. Marriner).

Distribution.—Australia.