no. 1766. STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA OF PERU— RATH BUS. 555 



PAGURISTES HIRTUS Dana. 



Plat col, fig. 2. 



Paguristes hirtus Dana, Crust. V . S. Expl. Exped., pt. I. is")!', p. 437; alias, 1855, 

 ' pi. 28, figs. 2a-f. 



A rough, hairy hermit crab; rostrum short; eyes slender, much 

 longer than antennal acicle, shorter than base of antennule; eye scale 

 elongate, inner margin denticulate; flagellum of outer antennae long- 

 ciliated below. Chelipeds equal; hand subelliptical, short-spinous 

 and tufted hirsute, margins spinous, outer margin very arcuate. 

 First and second pairs of legs rough and hairy, dactyli longer than 

 propodi. 



Length 50 mm. 



Taken in trawl, Bay of Sechura, west of Matacaballa, about 5 fathoms, April 8, 1907. 



One small specimen, in Marginella curta Sowerby. 

 Distribution. — Peru ; Chile. 



PAGURISTES TOMENTOSUS (Milne Edwards). 



Plate 50, fig. 1. 



Pagurus tomentosus Milne Edwards, Ann. Sci. Nat. CA), Zool., vol. 10, 1848, 

 p. 64. 



A small hermit crab, in which the base of the antennae, the equal 

 chelipeds and the next three pairs of feet are clothed with long, soft 

 hair, which conceals the surface, except some sharp, black spines 

 which border the inner edge of the wrist and hand and are scattered 

 a l>o on their dorsal surface; similar spines on upper edge of the 

 ambulatories, and smaller spines on their outer surfaces. The rostral 

 point is stronger than in P. hirtus, and the eyes are more cylindrical, 

 not at all dilated at the cornea. 



Length said to be 2h inches. Our specimen is about 1 inch or 

 2") mm. 



Dredged, Bay of Sechura, about half-way between Bayovar and Matacaballa, 5 to <> 

 fathoms, April 10, 1!)<)7. 



One specimen, in shell of Oliva peruviana. 

 Distribution. — Peru; Chile (?). 



CLIBANARIUS PANAMENSIS Stimpson. 



Plate 17, lig. 4. 



( 'libanarius panamensis Stimpson, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. X . Y., vol. 7, 1859, p. 84. 



A hermit crab with the carapace elongate, well calcified in front of 

 the cervical groove, rostrum small, triangular. Abdomen well 

 developed, soft, spirally coiled. Eye stalks long and slender; eye 

 scales approximated. Antennal acicle short, flagellum long. Cheli- 

 peds similar, equal, spinous; fingers opening horizontally, tips cor- 



