440 A. E. Verrill Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 



one of the fresher specimens arc mostly dark red, becoming brighter 

 red on the margins and at the joints ; tlie cliche have a patch of 

 dark olive brown on the middle of both >ide> of the palm; the tip> 

 of the dactylus and thumb arc white or pah- yellow; the whole 

 surface of the chelipeds and ambulatory legs, except on the white 



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Figure 56. 



;iln>ut ii.-itunil size. Phot. A. H. V. 



tips, is covered with very small round -pts of blue ; the>e are also 

 present on the carapace anteriorly. Tlie ambulatory legs arc 

 brownish red or bright red, with a hand of white or pale yellow on 

 the distal end of the carpus and proximal end of the dactylus, and 

 a narrower one at the ba>e \' tin- nail, which i< black. The basal 

 joints of the ambulatory legs are white and pale reddish underneath. 



Figure 57. Calcinus sulcatus removed from shell ; a, second left leg of same, 

 more enlarged to show sulcus ; after Benedict. 



The outer ruaxillipeds and the basal joints of the antennae beneath 

 are dark olive green or yellowish green ; flagellum of antennae 

 orange-yellow. The eye-stalks are light orange-red, with a pale 

 yellow or white band close to the eye. The anterior part of the 

 carapace is red or brown, like the chela?, and has a median patch of 

 dark olive-green ; posterior part bluish white or purplish white, 

 irregularly spotted with red or brown ; in some there is a large ill- 

 defined patch of white about the suture or on the sides. The varia- 

 tions are mainly in the darker or lighter shades of color. The young 



