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Range. — From Florida Keys to State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



Material examined. — 



FLORIDA.— Cape Florida; Edward Palmer; 2 females (14432). 



Indian Key; H. Hemphill; 2 males (15647). 



Key West; on rocks, low tide; H. Hemphill; 2 females (14454). 



Loggerhead Key, Tortugas, northwest of lighthouse; August 4, 

 1924; W. L. Schmitt; 1 male (59454). 



CUBA. — Isle of Pines; 2 females, types, Hexapanopeus hirsutus. 



PORTO RICO.— 1899; Str. Fish Hawk: Boqueron; January 25; 

 1 male, 1 female, 2 young (24277). Mayaguez; January 20; 3 males, 

 1 female (24275). Mayaguez Harbor; January 20; 1 male, 5 young* 

 (24276). 



LESSER ANTILLES.— St. Thomas; 1884; Albatross; 2 males, 1 

 ovigerous female (18263). 



Antigua: POlars of Hercules; 1918; Barbados- Antigua Expedition; 

 1 female (58035), from State University of Iowa. 



Barbados: Pelican Island; shallow water; 1918; Barbados- Antigua 

 Expedition; 1 male (Mus. S.U.I.). 



BRAZIL.— Pernambuco; 1876-77; R. Rathbun, Hartt Explora- 

 tions: 2 males, 4 females (1 ovigerous) (16259, 16260, 59471). Rio 

 Formoso; 1 ovigerous female (16261). 



Maceio, Alagoas; on coral reef; 1899; A. W. Greeley, Branner- 

 Agassiz Expedition; 1 male (25737). 



Plataforma, Bahia; 1876-77; R. Rathbun, Hartt Explorations; 1 

 male (16262). 



Abrolhos Reefs; 1867; C. F. Hartt; 1 female, cotype (4806, M.C.Z.). 



Villa' Bella, Ilha Sao Sebastiao, Sao Paulo: September 20, 1925; 

 W. L. Schmitt; 14 males, 4 females (1 ovigerous), 3 young (59455). 

 October, 1925; H. Luederwaldt; 4 males (1 soft shell) (60918). 



PANOPEUS AMERICANUS Saussure 



Plate 164, Figures 3, 4, and 6 



Panopeus americanus Saussure, Rev. et Mag. ZooL, ser. 2, vol. 9, 1857, p. 502 



(type-localfty, Guadeloupe; type in Geneva Museum); M6m. Soc. Phys. 



Geneve, vol. 14, 1858, p. 432 [16], pt. 1, fig. 8. 

 Panopeus areolatus Benedict and Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 14, 



1891, p. 361, pi. 21, fig. 3 (type-locality, Sabanilla, Colombia; type, Cat. 



No. 15646, U.S.N.M.). 

 Eupanopexis americanus Rathbun, Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa, vol. 



4, 1898, p. 273. 



Diagnosis. — Carapace flattish, narrow. Surface covered with short 

 transverse striae. Fourth lateral tooth longer than third, its outer 

 edge longitudinal. Dark color of immovable finger running back on 

 palm. 



Description. — Carapace narrower than in most of the other Panopeus 

 and squarish, the antero-lateral margin being long and the outer 

 margin of the fourth tooth longitudinal or nearly so. Surface slightly 



