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Inner angle of wrist coarsely dentiform. Tubercles on upper sur- 

 face of palm and dactylus arranged in high relief in longitudinal 

 rows, cuter surface of the palm nearly smooth. 



On the posterior edge of the dorsal surface of the coxae of the 

 legs is an oblong lobe the upper edge of which on the second and 

 third legs and sometimes on the first leg, is cut into two or three 

 teeth. On the anterior border of the meropodites there is a single 

 strong subterminal spine; the upper surface of the next three seg- 

 ments is traversed longitudinally by a dense strip of long hair; dac- 

 tyli with two rows of strong spines on the concave side. The third or 

 longest leg is about twice the length of the carapace. 



Color. Light reddish, dotted with blood-red, tubercles bordered 

 with blackish ciliae with the extremity gray. Some blood-red spots on 



the legs. Under side of body yellowish. (La- 



reille.) 



Measurements. Female (18503) , extreme length 



of carapace 45, width of same 48.6, fronto-orbital 



width 28.8 mm. 

 Range. From Charleston Harbor, South 



Carolina, to Brazil. Gulf Stream. Bermudas. 



Fie. 154. COXA OF . ,, ,. . . . / i * \ 



THIRD RIGHT LEO Eastern Atlantic. Amboma (de Man). 



OF MALE OF, a, Material examined. 



ruEssA (40609), Abaco, Bahamas; 18C6; Albatross; 1 male 



x 13; b, P. DE- (17647). 



LATA (18826), Spanish Wells, Bahamas ; 1893 ; Biol. Exped. 



x 1 J- State Univ. Iowa ; specimens in Mus. S.U.I. 



Indian Key, Florida; among rocks, near low tide; H. Hemphill; 

 2 females (14056). 



Dry Tortugas, Florida ; June 5-8, 1893 ; Biol. Exped. State Univ. 

 Iowa; 1 male, 1 female (Mus. S.U.I.). 



Jamaica; Albatross; 1 male (18275). 



Santo Domingo, West Indies; 1878; W. M. Gabb; 1 male (3190). 



Arroyo, Porto Eico; February 4, 1899; Fish Hawk; 2 males 

 (24040). 



St. Thomas; shore near town; June 28 and 30, 1915; C. R. Shoe- 

 maker; 2 males (49806). 



St. Croix; specimens in Copenhagen Mus. 



Curasao; Albatross; 1 female (18503). 



Klein Bonaire; tide pools among coral rocks; July 11, 1905; J. 

 Boeke; 1 male (42983). 



Fernando Noronha ; 1876-1877 ; E. Rathbun ; 1 male, 1 female ovig. 

 (40G10). 



Mamanguape, Brazil; stone reef; June 23, 1899; Branner-Agassiz 

 Exped.; 1 female (25715). 



