:;i<; A. E. Verrill Decapod Crustacea of lii-rnnula. 



Our No. 470, which was labelled a- A'. /A/V/N///' b\ Mi-- Katlibnn, 

 has tlit' ratios 1:1. :'>-'?. Therefore it lia- nearly t lit- -ame proportions 

 as J. <inn r'n-tiinix, in which they arc usually about I :i..".. The differ- 

 ence in 1'orin is, therefore, in >t very relialile. The lar-ot example 

 ineiitioneil by Benedict and Kathbun had the carapace 40 ra " long 

 and 62 mm wide, ratio 1:1.55. It was about the sanie si/r as the type 

 of our var. in!nx. 



Measurements. 



K.-v 



* This belongs to the var. obesits. It is the fi^nn-d sjiccinifii, pi. xv, HL(. 1. 



This is much more active than must species of Eupanopeus. In 

 some cases it may be seen actively running about on the stony 

 beaches, as at Spanish Point, in March, I'.ml, when- it \\ as i'mind in 

 considerable numl)ers and '' very lively " by A. H. Verrill. It \\a- 

 not found at any other place in such numbers. These were of 

 medium si/.c and rather bright colors (Xos. luti', lot-".). They 

 were purplish, varied with yellow and yellowish white; on the undi-r 

 side, pale yellow mottled with bright lavender. (A. II. V.) 



In the Bermudas it occurs mostly under stones and dead corals on 

 rocky shores and on the reefs. It was obtained by Jones, Goode, 

 Kincaid, and by the Yale parties of 1808 and 1 901, but usually in 

 small numbers or singly. This species, as a whole, ranges from 

 Southern New England to Florida, Texas, Colon, and through the 

 West Indies to Brazil (coll. Yale Mus.). It is abundant from Cape 

 Hatteras southward. The typical variety seems to occur, as well as 

 the var. obesus, throughout its entire range. 



