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Measurements.— Male, Brazil (Copenhagen Mus.), total length of 

 carapace 102.2, width without spines 124, with spines 146, length of 

 propodus of cheliped 129, width of same 46.3 mm. 



Variations. — ^A male from the Abrolhos Islands (21949) has the 

 first branchial spine unusually developed and divided into two 

 nearly equal spines. The other Brazilian specimens in the collection 

 show the same tendency in a lesser degree. No. 13937, a male, 

 unfortunately without indication of locality, is remarkably rough, 

 all the protuberances of the carapace being well marked, most of 

 them acute; the rostral horns are very narrow and far apart. 



Range. — -Delaware Bay (Say) ; off Charleston Harbor, South Caro- 

 lina (a young male, Gibbes) ; Georgia (Gibbes) ; Bahamas, Miami, 

 and Florida Keys to Sao Paulo, Brazil (Moreira). Bermuda. Shal- 

 low water to 30 fathoms. 



Material examined. — 



Bahamas; 1859; Dr. H. Bryant; 1 fragmentary (53061); from 

 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 



Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas; E. A. Andrews; 1 male, 1 young 

 (20706). 



Miami, Florida; G. M. Gray; 1 male, 1 female (42131). 



Cape Florida, Florida; G. Wurdemann; 4 young (1958, M. C. Z.). 



Between Salt Pond Key and Stock Island, Florida; 1884; Edward 

 Palmer; 1 female (9282). 



Woman Key, Florida; William Stimpson, collector; 7 young, 

 cotypes of M. depressus (1960, M. C. Z.); 1 young, labeled "pleura- 

 canthus " by A. Milne Edwards (1959, M. C. Z.). 



Dry Tortugas, Florida; 1917; W. H. Longley; 1 ovigerous female 

 (returned to sender). 



Florida; G. W^urdemann; 1 large male, 2 small, male and female 

 (2123, M. C. Z.). 



Florida Keys, Florida; May, 1913; 1 male (46040). 



Kingston Harbor, Jamaica: 1893; R. P. Bigelow; 1 male (17962). 

 1896; F. S. Conant; 1 young female (19586). 



Caracas Bay, Curasao; in sponge; May 3, 1920; C. J. van der 

 Horst; 1 immature male (Amsterdam Mus.). 



Off Cape St. Roque, Brazil; lat. 6° 59' 30" S.; long. 34° 47' 00" 

 W.; 20 fathoms; brk. Sh.; temp. 79° F.; December 16, 1887; station 

 2758, Albatross; 1 young (21950). 



Plataforma, Bahia, Brazil; 1876-1877; Richard Rathbun, Hartt 

 Explorations; 1 male (19951), 1 ovigerous female (40606). 



Bom Fim, Bahia, Brazil; stone reef; 1876-1877; Richard Rathbun, 

 Hartt Explorations; 1 male (19950). 



Porto Seguro, Brazil; Hartt and Copeland, Thayer Exped.; 1 male 

 (1953, M. C. Z.), variety. 



