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195-34. North of Charles Island, 70-80 fms, Jan. 29, 1934, 1 female 



(AHF no. 34002). 

 325-35. Off Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island, 80 fms, Dec. 10, 1934, 



Imale (AHF no. 35001). 

 327-35. Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island, 12 fms, Dec. 10, 1934, 1 male, 



2 females (AHF no. 35002). 

 792-38. Off Daphne Minor Island, 70-80 fms, Jan. 20, 1938, 1 female 



(AHF no. 38002). 

 814-38. North of Hood Island, 20-40 fms, Jan. 28, 1938, 1 male 



(photographed), 5 females, 2 fragments (AHF no. 38003). 

 816-38. North of Hood Island, 50-100 fms, Jan. 29, 1938, 1 male, 

 2 females (AHF no. 38004). 

 Measurements. — Largest specimen, male: length 12.6 mm, width 8.7 

 mm. 



Color in life. — Ground color of carapace white, overcast with small 

 patterns of various shades of pale dull yellow and striated with pale 

 ochraceous orange. Eyestallcs white, banded with ochraceous orange; eye 

 apple green. Cheliped white with large spot of ochraceous orange at distal 

 end of merus. Hand ochraceous orange, brighter on upper surface, fading 

 on under side. First two ambulatory legs clear white, third and fourth 

 with ochraceous orange along under side to dactyl, which is clear white. 

 Ventral side clear white. (Petersen) 



Habitat. — Sand, sand and mud, sand and nullipore; rock and sand; 

 coral, nullipore, and rock. 

 Depth.— 7-100 fms. 



Remarks. — Judging from the number of Galapagos stations at which 

 R. fornicata was taken, it, rather than the preceding Raninoides ecua- 

 dorensis Rathbun, is the abundant member of the family Raninidae in 

 the archipelago. An excellent series of motion pictures, showing the 

 manner in which this species buries itself in sand, is in the photographic 

 libraiy of the Allan Hancock Foundation. 



The family Raninidae had not been recorded in the Galapagos Islands 

 prior to the work of Velero III collectors. 



Subtribe DrOMIACEA 



Family DROMIIDAE 



Genus DROMIDIA Stimpson, 1858 



Dromidia larraburei Rathbun 



Plate 61, Figs. 1,2 



Dromidia sarraburei (by error) Rathbun, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 38, p. 553, pi. 48, fig. 4, 1910. 



