J.. E. Verritt Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 



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But, unlike the latter, this lias also many short, curved, or convex 

 ridges on the carpus and distal part of the merits externally, similarly 

 furnished with appressed hairs; other similar, curved ridges are on 

 the inner surface of the propodus and dactylus, above and below. 



It is also more yellow in color and more uniform, without conspic- 

 uous bands of red on the legs, and without the red reticulated lines. 



Two large specimens of I), msignis obtained at Dominica I., in 

 1900, by A. H. Verrill, are in the Yale Museum. They occupy 

 shells of Triton variegat.ns. 



They were taken in fish-traps, in 10 to i ; 5 fathoms, associated 

 with D. venosKS. The latter was much more common. Saussure's 

 type was from Guadeloupe. 



Clibanarius tricolor (Gibbes) Stimp. Tricolored Hermit-Crab. Blue Hermit- 

 Crab. 



Pttgurus tricolor Gibbes, Proc. Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci., iii, p. 189, 1850. 

 c/ilidnarius tricolor Stimpsou, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philad., p. 334 [72], 



1858. Rank in, op. cit., p. 239, 1900 (Bahamas) ; vol. xii, p. 535 (Bermuda). 



Benedict, Anom. Crust. Porto Rico. p. 142, pi. vi, fig. 2, 1901 (descr.). 



FIGURES 61, 62, 63. 



This is a small and very abundant species easily distinguished from 

 all others by its remarkable coloration, in which blue predominates. 



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62 



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Figure 61. CIHmnarius tricolor in & shell of Modulus, x about 4 times. Phot. 



A. H. V. 

 Figure 62. The same, much enlarged, after Benedict. 



The carapace and eyerStalks are generally bright blue; the antenna- 

 are annulated with bright orange ; chelipeds dark olive-green and 

 brown, irregularly spotted with blue, orange, and white; the chelae 



