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Color in life. — Ground color of carapace olive buff. Granules of 

 frontal and anterolateral portion reddish cadmium orange, those of other 

 areas cadmium yellow to cadmium orange. Eye light yellowish olive. 

 Chelipeds same as carapace but granules on merus and carpus reddish cad- 

 mium orange, on hand pale orange. Base of fingers light cadmium orange. 

 Merus and carpus of ambulatory legs same as cheliped but a little more 

 reddish; propodus and dactylus without color, very pale olive buff. 

 Ventral side white. (Petersen) 



Habitat. — Rock and sand. 



Depth. — 2-51 fms. 



Kemarks. — The single male recorded above appears to be the only 

 Galapagos record for the species, which is common enough along the 

 mainland coast from Lower California to Ecuador. L. cumingii is a vari- 

 able species : not only is there considerable difference between the sexes 

 in shape of carapace, but young specimens show sufficient differences from 

 adults to raise the question as to whether or not more than one species 

 might be present in a given series. 



Genus UHLIAS Stimpson, 1871 



Uhlias ellipticus Stimpson 



Plate 60, Figs, 4, 5 



Uhlias ellipticus Stimpson, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. 10, p. 

 117, 1871. Rathbun, Bull. 166, U.S. Nat. Mus., p. 149, pi. 36, figs. 

 1 and 2, 1937. 

 Type locality. — Panama. 

 Type. — Not extant. 



Range. — From San Jose Island, Gulf of California (Glassell), to 

 Panama (Stimpson) ; Galapagos Islands (Velero III). 

 Atlantic analogue. — JJ. limbatus Stimpson. 



Diagnosis. — Carapace thick, broadly elliptical, the expanded margin 

 concealing eyes and antennules. Carapace covered with deep, round or 

 oval pits. Legs cristate ; dactyls close against a process of the propodi. 

 Material examined (8 specimens from 5 stations). — 

 73-33. Cartago Bay, Albemarle Island, shore, Feb. 13, 1933, 1 female 



(USNM No. 68261), 1 female (AHF no. 33010). 

 94-33. Darwin Bay, Tower Island, shore, Feb. 22, 1933, 1 female 



(USNM No. 68259). 

 789-38. South Seymour Island, shore, Jan. 19, 1938, 2 males (1 photo- 

 graphed), 1 female (AHF no. 38019). 

 796-38. Sulivan Bay, James Island, shore, Jan. 21, 1938, 1 male (AHF 



no. 38020). 

 811-38. Barrington Island, shore, Jan. 26, 1938, 1 female (AHF no. 

 38021). 



