338 



A. E. Verrill Decapod Crii*l<irc<i of 



large reef corals. It has been recorded from l-'lorida and through 



the West Indies to Brazil. Fernando de Noronha (!' ek). Colon 



(Stimpson). Porto Rico (Rathhun). 



Actaea setigera (M.-Ed\v.) A. M.-Kdw. 



Xanthn setiger M.-Eclw., Hist. Crust., i, p. 390, is:: I. 



Art-i< xrtiiii-rii A. M.-Ed\v.. Xnuv. . \ivli. Mil-., i, |>. .'?!, pi. xviii. fig. 'J. 



18(."> : Miss. Sci. Mex., v. \>. -Ml. 1379. Rankin. op. oit., p. .VJ!. I'.iuu. M. .]. 



Rathbun, Brach. and Macr. Porto Ki.-o, ]. 34. I'.ioi. 



FIGURE 11. 



While living this Miiall cral> is dmx-ly -oM-i-cd with slirt liaii> lo 

 which finr white shell-mud adheres, often effectually enneealing it 

 when re>tin<; <>n the bottom. When eleam-il the color i> reddish 

 In-own to purplish red, with paler le^s. The carapace and le-s are 

 closely granulated Iteiieatli the hairs: the daetylns of i he ehehe is 

 deeply Amoved and hairy. 



Figure 11. Hairy Crab, Actn-n 



Measure >ni- tit x <>f 



. nut. size. Phot. A. H. V 



It occurs in shallow water bays and on the reefs. Taken by nearly 

 all Bermuda collectors. Good specimens were in the collection of 

 J. M. Jones (812, a, b). We found it common on rocky shores, 

 usually under stones or in crevices. A small specimen was taken on 



