440 A. E. Verrill — Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 



one of the fresher specimens are mostly dark red, becoming brighter 

 red on the margins and at the joints ; the chelae have a patch of 

 dark olive brown on the middle of both sides of the palm; the tips 

 of the dactylus and thumb are white or pale yellow; the whole 

 surface of the chelipeds and ambulatory legs, except on the white 



Figure 56. — Calcinus sulcatus, about natural size. Phot. A. H. V. 



tips, is covered with ver}'' small round spots of blue ; these are also 

 present on the carapace anteriorly. The ambulatory legs are 

 brownish red or bright red, with a band of white or pale yellow on 

 the distal end of the carpus and proximal end of the dactylus, and 

 a narrower one at the base of the nail, which is black. The basal 

 joints of the ambulatory legs are white and pale reddish underneath. 



Figure 57. — Culcinus sulcatus removed from shell ; o, second left leg of same, 

 more enlarged to show sulcus ; after Benedict. 



The outer maxillipeds and the basal joints of the antennae beneath 

 are dark olive green or yellowish green ; flagellum of antennae 

 orange-yellow. The eye-stalks are light orange-red, with a pale 

 yellow or white band close to the e^^e. The anterior part of the 

 carapace is red or brown, like the chelae, and has a median patch of 

 dark olive-green; posterior part bluish white or purplish Avhite, 

 irregularly spotted Avith red or brown ; in some there is a large ill- 

 defined patch of white about the suture or on the sides. The varia- 

 tions are mainly in the darker or lighter shades of color. The j^oung 



