No. 10 GARTH : BRACHYURAN FAUNA OF THE GALAPAGOS 431 



Genus AGTAEA de Haan, 1833 

 Key to the Galapagos Species of the Genus Actaea 



A^ Carapace covered with raised smooth nodules, deeply separated 



J. sulcata 



A^ Carapace areolate, areoles granulate and not deeply separated 

 B^ Carapace narrow, areoles covered with bead granules . 



A. angusta 



B^ Carapace wider, areoles sharp granulate 



C^ Areoles inconspicuous, scarcely elevated above general 

 carapace level ; granules minute ; leg joints granulous 



A. dovii 



C? Areoles conspicuous on anterior two-thirds of carapace; 

 granules increasing in size toward anterolateral mar- 

 gins; leg joints spinulous .... A.crosslandi 



Actaea dovii Stimpson 

 Plate 79, Figs. 2, 6 



Actaea dovii Stimpson, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. 10, p. 104, 

 1871. Rathbun, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 4, no. 8, p. 281, 

 1902; Bull. 152, U.S. Nat. Mus., p. 254, pi. 104, figs. 1-2, 1930. 

 Boone, Zoologica, vol. 8, no. 4, p. 203, fig. 71, 1927. Finnegan, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 37, p. 632, 1931. Sivertsen, Med. 

 fra det Zool. Mus., Oslo, nr. 38, p. 15, 1933. Schmitt, Smithsonian 

 Misc. Col., vol. 98, no. 6, p. 25, 1939. 

 Type localities. — San Salvador and Panama. 

 T);^^.— MCZNo. 1021. 



Range. — From Arena Bank, Lower California (Zaca), to Ecuador 

 (Nobili) ; Galapagos Islands (Hopkins-Stanford Expedition). 

 Atlantic analogue. — A. setigera (Milne Edwards). 

 Diagnosis. — ^Areoles inconspicuous, granulate. Carapace covered with 

 fine hairs. 



Material examined (250 specimens from 41 stations). — 

 28-33. Gardner Bay, Hood Island, 2 fms, Jan. 25, 1933, 1 male, 1 



female, 1 young. 

 30-33. Gardner Bay, Hood Island, shore, Jan. 26, 1933, 16 males, 2 



females, 9 young, 1 fragment. 

 33-33. Black Beach, Charles Island, shore, Jan. 27, 1933, 6 males, 



3 females (1 ovig.). 

 47-33. Barrington Island, 2 fms, Feb. 2, 1933, 1 male, 1 female, 1 

 young. 



