298 BULLETIN 152, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Dark color of both immovable fingers of male continued on palm. 

 Suture between third and fourth and fourth and fifth abdominal 

 somites very slightly indicated. 



Description. — Lateral lobules of dorsal surface, 1 L, 3 L, and 4 L, 

 tuberculiform and conical; remaining lobules flattened, crossed by 

 short transverse lines, finely granulate or punctate and defined an- 

 teriorly by shallow grooves. Frontal lobes subtruncate, separated by 

 a narrow emargination, each lobe subdivided by a shallow sinus; 

 the inner angle of the lobe made double b}^ a deep groove, the upper 

 edge less produced than the under. Antero-lateral teeth large, sub- 

 acute; the second tooth is a little below the line between the third 

 and the first or orbital tooth. Just behind the tip of the last tooth a 

 transverse raised granulate line runs inward nearly across branchial 

 region. 



Merus of chelipeds short not reaching beyond carapace; wrist and 

 upper portion of hand. rugose; fingers stout, grooved and punctate, 

 dentate within, touching only at the broadly spoon-shaped extremi- 

 ties; a tuft of hair in the spoon. Dark color of immovable finger 

 continued back a short distance on palm. Legs hairy on margin. 



Color. — Ground of back (46039) ivory white, growing darker for- 

 ward; irregular spots almost black; legs same color as hinder part of 

 back and spotted with brown; upper portion of claws very dark green 

 growing lighter to white underneath; pincers chestnut, white tipped; 

 entire under part of body and claws white. Some specimens grayish 

 green, uniform on legs and claws; pincers rich chestnut, tips and 

 teeth white; under portion lighter, grayish or whitish. (Henderson.) 

 Grayish green, fingers black (Desbonne). Sometimes yellow with red 

 spots (A. Milne Edwards). 



Measurements. — Male (57126), extreme length of carapace 22, 

 width of same 33, fronto-orbital width 18, front 8 mm. 



Range. — Bermudas; Bahamas and Florida Keys to the State of 

 Sao Paulo, Brazil. In shallow water and on reefs. 



Material examined. — 



BERMUDAS. — F. V. Hamlin; received from Wesleyan University; 

 3 females (4023). 



BAHAMAS.— Abaco; 1886; Albatross; 2 males, 2 females (17779). 



Powell's Point, Eleuthera Island; July 8, 1903; B. A. Bean; received 

 from Geographic Society of Baltimore; 1 male (31042). 



New Providence; specimens in Copenhagen Museum. 



Bahamas; Frederick Stearns collection; specimens destroyed: 

 Andros Island in sponges; Andros Banks, west side, in live sponges. 



Bahamas; Dr. Henry Bryant; from Boston Society of Natural 

 History: 2 males, 3 females (56761), 1 young (56822). 



FLORIDA.— Ragged Key; April 27, 1912; Paul Bartsch; 3 females 

 (2 ovigerous). 



