pART I GARTH : PACIFIC OXYRHYNCHA 411 



Material examined: In addition to the holotype in the collections of 

 the New York Zoological Society, 8 specimens from 6 stations of the 

 VeleroIII, all but one in the Gulf of California. (See Table 86) From 

 Puerto Refugio, Angel de la Guarda Island, to Puerto Escondido in the 

 GuH of California, and of! Santa Maria Bay, Lower Caifornia, Me»co 



Measurements: Comparative measurements of the largest male and 

 female are as follows : (in mm) ^ ^^ 



, f 30 36.2 



Length of carapace ^- g 



Width of carapace, including spines £0 • 



Width of carapace, without spines 17.5 • 



Length of rostrum ' ^ 



Width of rostrum ' ^\ 



Cheliped n6 „ 



Chela 42 50 



Dactyl 2 4 



Height of palm ' 45 



First ambulatory leg 27 



Second ambulatory leg • 24 



Third ambulatory leg * 2Q 5 



Fourth ambulatory leg 



Color in life: Dull pink. (Crane) In alcohol, spines bright pink, 



sponge, hydroids, and algae. 



Depth : 15-30 fathoms ; to 50 fathoms. (Glassell) 



"Tffi, herons females of J^^^ * 

 R OT rf S : The range of the spe e » ha, bee ««£ ^ 



the Gulf of California to Angel de la Guarda Island, 



side of Lower California to Santa Mana Bay. 



Specimens from Tiburon Island, ««.on 566- 6 were tak 



New York Zoological Society for compar s» w th e^typ^ 



paratype and three metatypes are in the coliecno 



Society of Natural History. 



