*96 BULLETIN 97, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Chelipecis stout; manus inflated, a blunt crest above and two of 

 the same on outer surface, the lower continued on thumb; fingers 

 long, Avith slender, hooked tips; immovable finger horizontal; pre- 

 hensile edges denticulate. 



Legs short, similar, nearly of a length but diminishing slightly 

 from first to fourth; lower margins of merus, carpus and propodus 

 densely hairy; posterior surface of carpus-propodus of second and 

 third legs with a thin fringe of hair attached near anterior margin ; 

 dactyli very slender throughout, curved, translucent, a few long 

 hairs below, tips acuminate. 



Abdomen narrow-triangular, second segment with a prominent, 

 transverse, median tubercle; terminal segment subrectangular with 

 rounded tip. 



Description of feTnale. — One damaged female showing a very thin 

 •and almost shapeless carapace, a broad abdomen and left cheliped 



Pig. 48. — Pinnothebes shoemakeei, endognath of outer maxilliped of male holo- 



TYPE, X 97. 



and legs, is referred to this species. A little larger than male. Front 

 and orbits as in male. Surface short-pubescent. Chela more elongate 

 and manus less swollen, its ridges less evident than in male. Legs 

 as in male. 



Measurements. — Male holotype, length of carapace 3.7, width of 

 same 3.3 mm. Female (49220), approximate length of carapace 4.7 

 mm. 



Range. — ^West coast of Florida ; St. Thomas, West Indies. 



Material examined. — 



Charlotte Harbor, Florida; Union College Collection (745, 746, 

 757, 763) ; 3 males, 1 female (deposit in U.S.N.M., Cat. Nos. 49217, 

 49218, 49219, 49220). 



St. Thomas, West Indies; summer, 1915; Clarence E. Shoemaker; 

 1 male holotype (49216). 



