A. E. Verrill Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 337 



A specimen taken in Castle Harbor, near Walsingham Bay, May 

 5, 1901, had the colors as follows : Carapace deep orange red, vary- 

 ing to scarlet, with irregular paired spots of pale orange, concen- 

 trically bordered with white and purplish brown. The spots are 

 of various sizes and shapes on the carapace, the larger ones often 

 centered with smaller spots of purplish brown. On the chelipeds 

 and legs the spots become transverse, and are mostly at the joints, 

 and larger above than below. Dactylus and thumb black. Sternum 

 orange with margined spots at the bases of the legs. Abdomen 

 with two large spots of the same kind beneath, and smaller ones on 

 the basal segments. Eye-stalks pale orange, with a purplish brown 

 spot on the upper side. 



Our largest specimens had the following coloration in life : The 

 carapace was bright orange-red, with pale, particolored, broad, irreg- 

 ular streaks, blotches, and angular or rounded, often ocellated spots 

 of variable sizes. The larger patches of color are frequently quite 

 unsymmetrically developed. The ocellated spots have a small bright 

 yellow center, surrounded by a broad circle of white, which is 

 bordered externally with bright blue and enclosed by a narrow 

 black line. Sometimes similar but smaller ocellated spots occur on 

 the larger pale blotches, in lines and groups, or singly, while others 

 are scattered on the ground-color. The chelipeds and legs are simi- 

 larly colored, but on them the spots mostly take the form of half 

 bands, with angular patches at the joints. Claws tipped with black. 

 Small specimens are paler. (A. H. V.) These colors soon fade in 

 alcohol. 



Measurements of Bermuda specimens. 



Carapace Front Chelae 



Xo. Sex length breadth width length height 



4007 16 24 6 -j [' }| [' | 



4008 13 18 5 1. 11 6 

 4008ct S 9.5 13 4 1. 6 4 



This handsome species is rare at the Bermudas. It occurs among 

 rocks and cavernous corals, sponges, etc. Sometimes found on the 

 reefs. We found it only in April, 1901 (five specimens), on serpuline 

 atolls, near Hungry Bay; Castle Harbor, etc. (coll. A. H. Verrill). 



A single specimen occurred in the collection of Mr. Goode. It 

 was taken at Hungry Bay by the Bermuda Biol. Station, July, 1903. 



Several specimens were also taken in 1906 by A. H. Verrill at 

 Dominica Island, where they occurred in the cavities in and beneath 



