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Simsons Bay lagoon, St. Martin, Virgin Islands; 1 fathom; sandy; 

 September 21, 1905; J. Boeke; 1 adult male (Leiden Mus.). 



La Sita, Guadeloupe; from Museum of L. Guesde; 1 female (4094). 



Koseau, Dominica; 25 fathoms; A. Hyatt Verrill; 1 female (32509). 



Slagtbaai, Bonaire, CuraQao Islands; 1 fathom; stony; August 2, 

 1905; J. Boeke; 1 very large female (Leiden Mus.). 



Curagao: Among coral reefs; June 26, 1905; J. Boeke; 1 adult 

 female (42949). 



Caracas Bay, Curagao; 1920; C. J. van der Horst: In net; April 

 26; 1 male, 1 female (Amsterdam Mus.). April 27; 1 male (Amster- 

 dam Mus.). April 24; 1 male (57006) 



Old Providence Island, Caribbean Sea; 1884; Albatross; 1 male 

 (7342). 



Goyanna stone reef, Pemambuco, Brazil; June 18, 1899; Arthur 

 W. Greeley, Branner-Agassiz Expedition; 1 male (25717). 



Pernambuco, Brazil; 1876-1877; R. Rathbun, Hartt Explorations; 

 1 male, 1 female (40576). 



Locahty unknown; 1 specimen (14590). 



Genus CARPILODES Dana 



Carpilodes Dana, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 12, 1851, p. 126; monotypic 

 type, C. trisiis Dana, specific name not given till 1852. — Odhner, Gote- 

 borg's K. Vet. Handl., Fjarde Foljden, vol. 29, No. 1, 1925, p. 8. 



Liomera Dana (part), Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 12, 1851, p. 124; type, 

 L. cinciimana = CarpUius cinclimanus White. 



Carpiloxanthus A. Milne Edwards, Faune Carcin. de Tile de la Reunion, 1862, 

 p. 3; type, C. vaillantianus A. Milne Edwards, 1862 = Carpt'Zodes hellus 

 (Dana), 1852. 



Carapace very broad, convex in both directions, regions usually 

 well demarcated and, especially in anterior half, more or less sub- 

 divided into lobular areolae; antero-lateral borders usually cut into 

 four broad, shallow, rounded lobes; postero-lateral borders straight, 

 or a little concave, and strongly convergent. Front from a third to 

 nearly a fifth of greatest breadth of carapace, obliquely deflexed, 

 grooved and slightly notched in middle line. Orbits small, margins 

 entire, but usually with the three suture lines near outer angle more 

 or less distinct; eyestalks short and thick. Antennules folding ob- 

 hquely, almost transversely. Basal antennal article running up 

 between front and lower orbital plate. Chelipeds equal or sub- 

 equal in both sexes; fingers more or less pointed, but usually grooved 

 or hollowed near tips. Abdomen of male with third to fifth somites 

 fused. 



Contains numerous species distributed throughout the Indo- 

 Pacific region, only one of which has been reported from America. 

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