OXTSTOMATOUS AND ALLIED CRABS OP AMERICA gQ 



the last pair of legs, the largest of the series overhanging the articula- 

 tion with the carpus at the superior distal angle; a spine, similarly 

 placed, occurs on the merus of the last pair of legs; fingers of cheliped 

 one-third the entire length of chela, and dark colored. Abdomen 

 thicldy pubescent; two basal segments each armed with a sharp 

 median tubercle. (After Schmitt.) 



Measurements. — Female holotype (53331), length of carapace 

 including rostrum 45, of rostrum 5, greatest width of carapace 36, 

 length of last leg to distal extremity of propodus 66, of next preceding 

 leg to distal extremity of merus 47 mm. 



Range. — Off Point Loma, Calif.; 67 to 135 fathoms. 



Material examined. — See table 19, page 72. 



PAROMOLA RATHBUNI Porter 



Plate 19, Figure 2 



Paromola rathbuni Porter, Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat., vol. 12, p. 88, pi. 8, 1908 

 [type locality, Isla de Mas-Afuera, Juan Fernandez; type (9) destroyed 

 by fire in 1906]; vol. 31, p. 141, pi. 10 (d^), 1927.— Rathbun, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., vol. 38, p. 594, 1910. 



Diagnosis. — Terminal joint of eyestalk diminishing toward extrem- 

 ity. Chehpeds of male stout. Chelipeds and legs very rough on 

 the sides. 



Description. --CiiTSiY>Sice, chehpeds, and legs rough above, covered 

 with sharp granules and tubercles. Palms covered with hair. Ros- 

 trum seen from above, a short equilateral triangle, the sides shghtly 

 concave. Orbital spines narrower than rostrum. Hepatic spine 

 large, directed obliquely forward and with a long slender tip; behind 

 it, a sharp outward-pointing tooth. Four spines in a transverse row 

 on anterior gastric region. Lateral branchial spines numerous, 

 small, unequal. Terminal article of eye about as long as peduncle, 

 and subcylindrical, a little wider at proximal than at distal end. 

 Second article of antennal peduncle with a spine at distal inner angle. 

 Chelipeds of male strong, twice as long as carapace; palms one and 

 a half times as long as fingers; merus joints margined with numerous 

 spines. Merus of second ambulatory six times as long as wide; 

 merus of fourth leg three-fifths as long as third. A tooth on first 

 segment of abdomen. 



Color. — Uniform dark olive above; clear yellow below except the 

 buccal parts, which are speckled with ohve. (Porter.) 



Measurements. — Length of carapace of type female 90.5 mm. 

 Length of carapace of male 109 mm. 



Material. — Only two specimens are on record: The type female was 

 destroyed by fire; later a male was collected by Prof, don Conrado 

 Ruiz S., and it is now in the National Museum of Santiago, Chile. 

 Both were taken at Isla de Mas-Afuera, Juan Fernandez. 



