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Color of fingers in male darker, and running back from immovable 

 finger on outside and inside of palm to a variable extent, but on the 

 lower margin at least half way along the propodus ; in the females the 

 color is lighter than in males and is often restricted much as in typical 

 texana, reaching no further than middle of smaller propodus and fall- 

 ing far short of middle of larger propodus. Ambulatory legs much 

 shorter. Abdomen of male narrower at terminal segment; sLxth 

 segment more elongate compared to its width. 



Color. — Dark blue or brown speckles on a background varying from 

 light bluish to yellowish. On the carapace the speckles are sometimes 

 densely arranged; sometimes loosely in some parts and densely in 

 others, forming a regular bisymmetrical pattern. Speckles larger 

 and tending to form a more reticulated pattern on the claws, of which 

 only the upper half is speckled. Fingers black or dark brown or gray, 

 at the tips shading through horn color to white. 



Measurements. — Male (18770), length of carapace 20, width of same 

 27.2 mm. 



Habitat. — Common in muddy places but dredged on all sorts of 

 bottoms. 



Range. — Malpeque, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Geddes Point, 

 Northumberland Strait, New Brunswick. From ProAdncetown, 

 Massachusetts to eastern Florida. Shore to 43 fathoms. From 

 Massachusetts to South Carolina inclusive, 

 this form is easily distinguishable from typi- 

 cal texana of the Florida Keys and Gulf coast. 

 On the east coast of Florida the types are 

 confused. See imder Neopanope texana texana, 

 "Material examined." 



Figure 58.— Neopanope tex- . t . i . . j 



ANA sAYi, MALE CHELA, EN- N otes ou intermediates between texana ana 

 LAKGED. AFTER BENEDICT g^yj — Spccimeus from Mosquito Lagoon and 



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East Penmsula resemble t. sayi except that 

 fourth and fifth lateral teeth are more projecting and more acute, lean- 

 ing toward typical texana. A small male and female from Indian 

 River Inlet are nearest t. sayi as to lateral teeth, color of fingers and 

 form of abdomen, but the ambulatory legs are those of typical texana. 

 In specimens from Titusville the legs are long and the third to fifth 

 lateral teeth laterally prominent as in texana, but the teeth are blunt 

 as in sayi; the males have black fingers with the color continued on 

 palm as in sayi. Three males from Cocoa are nearer texana than the 

 above; third lateral tooth acute but less sharp than in texana; fingers 

 fight but color extending on palm to some extent, as in sayi; abdomen 

 nearest texana. A male from Shackleford Bank has the teeth of cara- 

 pace and color of fingers as in texana, but the shape of front and 

 extension of finger color on palm as in sayi. 



Material examined. — See table, pages 371 to 379. 



