A. E. Verrill Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 329 



The ambulatory legs are distinctly larger and longer than in the 

 common form. When the legs are folded the tooth on the distal 

 aii^le of the merus joint of the legs of the 3d and 4th pairs reaches 

 considerably (J-;V 11111 ) beyond the outer orbital angle, while in Ricordi 

 it just reaches it, or only slightly exceeds it (.5 mni or less). The 

 proportion of the merus joints of these legs to the breadth of the 

 carapace is 1 : 1.36. In Ricordi, 1: 1.5. Ratio of same to length of 

 carapace, 1 : 1.2. In Ricordi, 1: 1.4. 



The colors, when living, appear dull or sordid yellowish brown, or 

 mud-color, due to adherent dirt, often mottled with reddish brown. 

 Fresh specimens cleaned in alcohol were variegated with pale bluish 

 gray, dark brownish gray, and blackish, with some yellowish white ; 

 an irregular pale band, speckled with dark gray, extends from eye to 

 eye. Legs above variegated with similar colors, but paler, the dark 

 brown color mostly in irregular transverse bands. Chelse whitish or 

 pale yellow ; legs bluish white beneath. Some specimens have the 

 carapace finely specked with red. 



of Bermuda specimens. 



Nuni- Carapace Carapace Front Chelae Chelee 



ber Sex length breadth breadth length breadth 



3148 18.0 20.0 11.0 15 8.5 



::i486 16.0 17.0 9.0 12 7.0 



3148c 2 17.5 18.5 9.7 10 5.5 



,1 $ 17.0 19.0 11.0 10 5.5 



e 6 13.5 15.5 8.0 10 7.0 



This subspecies is, perhaps, in process of gradual differentation, 

 and destined to eventually become a valid species with true terres- 

 trial habits should it not be prematurely exterminated. At present 

 it has few enemies. It lives in waste uninhabited places. It is not 

 uncommon in several localities. We found it not far from Hungry 

 Bay; on the low barren hills of some of the smaller islands in places 

 partly covered with sparse grass ; and in other localities. 



Several good specimens in the Yale Museum were collected by 

 J. M. Jones, before 1867. They have no special labels as to seasons 

 or stations. 



This variety approaches /#. citierea Say in some characters more 

 nearly than does the common form. In respect to the granulation 

 of the front and frontal lobes, the specimens of S. cinerca in the 

 Yale Museum, from Indian Kiver and St. Augustine, Fla., labelled 

 as S. cinerea by Miss Rathbun, and which I have compared with this 



