340 



A. E. V err ill — Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 



Cruz (Edwards). According to Stimpson it makes a nest of mud 



among the roots of mangroves. 



Xanthodius parvulus (Fabr.) M. J. Eathbun. 



Cancer parvulus Fabr., Entomol. Syst., ii, p. 451, 1798 (t. Rathbun). (Not 



Xantho parvulus M.-Edw. , nor Panopeus parvulus Ben. and Rath.) 

 Chlorodius nmericanus Saussure, Mem. de la Soc. Phys. et d'Hist. Nat. 



Genfeve, vol. xiv, p. 430, pi. i, fig. 3, 1857. 

 Xanthodius americanus Stimp., Notes on N. Amer. Crust., Ann. Lye. Nat. 



Hist., N. York, vii, p. 209 [81], 1860. 

 Lejitorliiis (impvicunus A. Milne- Edw., Miss. Sci. Mex., v, i, p. 269, 1880. M- 



J. Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, p. 5:36, 1893. 

 Xanthodius pai^ulus M. J. Rathbun, Brach. and Macr. of Porto Rico, p, 27, 



1901. Verrill, Trans. Conn. Acad., xi, p. 576, 1901. 



Figure 12. Plate XIV, Figure 4. 



Average size of adults: carapace aboui lo'""^' Jong ; 24.5'""' wide ; 

 front 6'"''' wide. . 



The single adult specimen in the Museum of Yale University, from 

 the collection of Dr. F. V. Hamlin, 1877, has been determined by- 

 Miss Rathbun by direct comparison with a photograph of the orig- 

 inal type of Fabricius. It is evidently a rare species at the Bermu- 

 das, for it Avas not found in any of the later collections. Probably^ 

 it lives under stones or in burrows. 



Figure 12. — Xanthodiuf< parvuhix from Bermuda. x abont 2. Phot. A. H. V. 



It ranges from the Florida Keys and West Indies to Brazil, Florida 

 and Barbados (Stimpson) ; Ilayti (Saussure) ; Bahamas, Porto Rico, 

 Curacao, etc. (Rathbun) ; Fernando Noronha (Pocock). 



