No. 10 GARTH : BRACHYURAN FAUNA OF THE GALAPAGOS 373 



Material examined (104 specimens from 15 stations), — 

 55-33. Lat. 1° 03' 30'' S, Long. 90° 17' 30" W, 60 fms, Feb. 5, 



1933, 5 males (1 illustrated), 3 females (1 ovig.). 



143-34. Wenman Island, 100-150 fms, Jan. 11, 1934, 1 male, 7 fe- 

 males. 

 170-34. East of Wreck Bay, Chatham Island, 32 fms, Jan. 21, 1934, 



1 male. 



183-34. James Bay, James Island, 50-70 fms, Jan. 24, 1934, 2 males. 

 185-34. Cartago Bay, Albemarle Island, 32 fms, Jan. 25, 1934, 6 



males, 4 females. 

 190-34. Lat. 0° 55' S, Long. 90° 30' W, 58-60 fms, Jan. 26, 1934, 1 



male, 2 females. 

 201-34. Off Gardner Bay, Hood Island, 25-35 fms, Jan. 31, 1934, 3 



males, 1 female. 

 318-35. Off Gordon Rocks, Indefatigable Island, 45 fms, Dec. 8, 1934, 



2 males, 4 females. 



324-35. Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island, 45 fms, Dec. 10, 1934, 1 ovig. 



female. 

 346-35. Between South Seymour and Daphne Islands, 55 fms, Dec. 13, 



1934, 1 male. 



792-38. Off Daphne Minor Island, 70-80 fms, Jan. 20, 1938, 26 males, 



21 females. 

 795-38. Sulivan Bay, James Island, 35-40 fms, Jan. 21, 1938, 1 male, 

 1 female. 

 795a-38. Sulivan Bay, James Island, 50-60 fms, Jan. 21, 1938, 1 large 

 male. 

 810-38. (D-2) Barrington Island, 73 fms, Jan. 26, 1938, 2 females. 

 814-38. North of Hood Island, 20-40 fms, Jan. 28, 1938, 5 males, 2 

 females. 

 Measurements. — Largest male: length 10.0 mm, v^^idth 7.7 mm, 

 cheliped 38.0 mm, chela 19.7 mm. 



Color in life. — Frontal, cardiac, and gastric regions reddish garnet 

 brown. Branchial region cream buff with numerous orange-red blotches, 

 giving this portion of the carapace a light orange appearance. All spines 

 pale yellow to white tips. Cheliped pearl gray with blotches of ochraceous 

 buff to salmon ; orange red at distal end of merus. Ambulatory legs like 

 cheliped ; blotches a little darker and light Van Dyke red at distal end of 

 merus. (Petersen) 



Habitat. — Sand, sand with shell, mud, nullipore, and coral; mud, 

 mud with shell ; rock and shell. 

 Depth.— 2()-\5Q fms. 



