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Monterey: Henry Hemphill; 1 male, type of Xanthodes hemphillii 

 Lockington; specimen dstroyed in San Francisco lire. H. N. Lowe; 

 1 male (53340). A. S. Taylor; 1 ovigerous female, cotype (1292, 

 M. C. Z.). 



LOPHOPANOPEUS HEATHU Rathbun 



Plate 149 



Lophopanopeus healhii Rathbun, Amer. Nat., vol. 34, 1900, p. 137 (type-locality, 

 Monterey Bay; type, Cat. No. 22870, U.S.N. M.); Harriman Alaska 

 Exped., vol. 10, 1904, p. 182, pi. 7, fig. 9.— Schmitt, Univ. California Publ. 

 Zool., vol. 23, 1921, p. 243, pi. 37, fig. 1. 



Lophoxanthus leucomanus Holmes, Occas. Papers Calif. Acad. Sci., vol. 7, 1900, 

 p. 61 (part). 



Diagnosis.— C&rapsice very convex, nearly smooth. Anterior mar- 

 gin of third lateral tooth almost in line with second tooth. Wrist 

 and hand nearly smooth. 



Description. — Carapace more convex antero-posteriorly than in 

 bellus, regions less distinctly indicated, dorsal surface smooth excejDt 

 on outer half of hepatic region where it is slightly rough. The line 

 of the antero-lateral margin is continued to the orbit; the suborbital 

 and subhepatic regions are roughly granulated. Margin of frontal 

 lobes very oblique and sinuous; lobule at outer end more pronounced 

 than in bellus. The anterior margin of the third lateral tooth is 

 almost in line with the second or coalesced tooth. 



Carpus of cheliped smooth or nearly so; no subdistal groove. 

 Hand smooth, with a broad, prominent lobe occupying the proximal 

 half of the upper margin. Immovable fingers bent downward, their 

 tips upward; color not continued on palm. Carpus of ambulatory 

 legs slightly bilobed on upper margin. 



Color. — Very variable. A young male had white claws with dark 

 tips, last legs white, other legs and body dark red; a young female 

 had red claws, hind legs white, body darker; another young male was 

 white. (Hilton.) 



Measurements. — Male holot3^pe, total length of carapace 16.6, 

 width of same 22.6, fronto-orbital width 11.6, width of front 7.4 mm. 



Range. — From Monterey Bay, California, to Magdalena Bay, 

 Lower California. 



Material examined. — 



CALIFORNIA. — Monterey Bay: Under stones, mean and low 

 tide mark; Harold Heath; 2 males (1 is holotype), 1 female (22870). 

 December 26, 1896; J. O. Snyder; 1 male (19821). 



Monterey; specimens returned to California Academy of Sciences. 



Pacific Grove: June, 1905; J. E. Benedict; 1 male (50549). 1918; 

 Ida S. Oldroyd; 12 males, 14 females (1 ovigerous) (54014). 



Venice, Santa Monica Bay; under aquarium; February, 1911; 

 P. S. Bamhart; Venice Marine Biol. Sta.; 1 male (60558). 



San Pedro; shore; 1924; E. P. Chace; 1 young (58763). 



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