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the young female the hand approaches in shape that of male. The 

 female may reach maturity while its abdomen is still as narrow as 

 that of male (We3'mouth). 



Color. — Carapace covered with irregular and interrupted reticu- 

 lating lines of red on a light ground. Spotted with vermilion 

 (W. A. Hilton). 



Measurements. — Female holotype, length of carapace 14, width of 

 same 18 mm.; male (23051), length of carapace 9.8, width of same 

 11.8 mm. 



Habitat. — Found in siphon of Pholas.^ the rock-boring mollusk; 

 in mantle cavity of clam, Mytilus edulis; in the large key-hole 

 limpet, Lucapina c-renulata; and in the common holothurian, 

 StichoiJus calif ornicus. 



Range. — Monterey to San Diego, California. 



Material examined. — 



Monterey Bay, California: In mantle cavity of Lucapina cre- 

 nulata; Harold Heath; received Nov. 25, 1898; 1 male (22880). In 

 Lucapina crenulata; 4 males, 6 females (2 ovig., 1 of these has a 

 narrow, subtriangular abdomen) (Stanford Univ.). 



Monterey; C. A. Canfield; 1 male, 3 females (1 ovig., 1 is holo- 

 type) (3446). 



Pacific Grove: John C. Brown; 6 males, 1 female y. (23926). In 

 mantle cavity of Mytilus edulis; John C. Brown; 1 female (23927). 



Two miles S. by E. of Point del Rey; Aug. 8, 1913; Venice Marine 

 Biological Station; 1 male y. (49301). 



San Pedro; H. N. Lowe; 1 female (49211). 



Anaheim Landing; from siphon of a piddock {Pholas) ; H. N. 

 Lowe; 1 male, 1 female (23051). 



Off Catalina Island; 50 fathoms; H. N. Lowe; 1 male (29950). 



Laguna Beach; W. A. Hilton, Pomona College; 1 male (50104). 



Point Loma; Jan. 28, 1889; steamer Albatross; 1 female ovig. 

 (17481). 



San Diego; Henry Hemphill; received Apr. 15, 1874; 1 female 

 (5743, M. C. Z.). 



Genus PINNAXODES Heller. 



Pinnaxodes Heller, Tteise Novara, vol. 2, Abtli. 3, 1S65, Crust., p. 67 ; 

 type, P. hirtipes Heller =P. chilensis (Milne Edwards). 



Carapace thin and either soft and yielding or firm and parchment- 

 like. Outer maxillipeds similar in form to those of Pinnixa; merus 

 either fused or partly fused with ischium and nearly longitudinal in 

 position ; palpus of good size, terminal segment articulated on inner 

 margin of preceding segment. Chelipeds much stouter than legs. 

 Legs similar and not markedly unequal. 



South America; Japan (Ortmann). 



