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teeth; tips widely spooned. Ambulatory legs somewhat spinous and 

 covered with a brush-like coating of stout and slender setae. 



Color. — Olive green, sage green, or bluish green; tips of fingers and 

 legs white. "Back pale olive green, growing darker forward; claws 

 and under part of body rich uniform olive green. Tips of pincers 

 whitish. Raised places on back darker than the depressions. Legs 

 covered with whitish mud, hairs yellowish." (Henderson). 



Measurements. — Male (15208), entire length 23, width 26.4 mm. 



Habitat. — On sand, shell, grass and mud bottom. Abundant on 

 coral reefs. Under stones at low tide. 



Range. — Bahamas and Miami, Florida, to the Abrolhos Islands, 

 Brazil; to a depth of 30 fathoms. 



Material examined. — 



Bahamas; 1859; Dr. H. Bryant; 1 ovigerous 

 female (53069), received from Boston Society of 

 Natural History. 



Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas; E. A. Andrews; 2 

 males (20709). 



Abaco Island, Bahamas; 1886; Albatross; 1 male '(^mith^kacul^us) 



(16304). SCULPTU3, MALE 



New Providence Island, Bahamas; 1886; Alba- tenn^L article, x'^s 

 trass; 7 males, 4 females (16310). 



Nassau, Bahamas; 1886; Albatross; 1 young (11412). 



Miami, Florida; G. M. Gray; 1 male (42133). 



Cape Florida, Florida; 1884; Edward Palmer; 4 males, 5 females, 

 2 young (13892). 



Biscayne Bay, Florida; 1901; J. E. Benedict; 6 specimens (25565). 



Ragged Key, Florida; on coral reef; May, 1913; J. B. Henderson; 

 1 male, 1 female (46047). 



Key Largo, Florida; 1 fathom; grass; H.Hemphill; 1 male (14050). 



Rodriguez Creek, Florida; 1884; Edward Palmer; 2 males, 1 

 female (13900). 



Indian Key, Florida; H. Hemphill; 10 males, 3 females, 1 young 

 (14058). 



Key Vaccas, Florida; on banks, low tide; H. Hemphill; 1 male 

 (15087). 



Knights Key, Florida; H. Hemphill; 8 males, 2 females (15085). 



Off Sombrero, Florida; April 2; Wilham Stimpson; 1 male, 3 

 females (young) (1987, M. C. Z.) ; " M. coroiiatus" (A. Milne Ed- 

 wards) . 



Big Pine Key, Florida; H. Hemphill; 1 male (15086). 



Bird Key, Florida; April 8, 1889; Grampus; 13 males, 18 females 

 (15208). 



Key West, Florida: H. Hemphill; 150 specimens (13816). Low 

 tide, under stones; H. Hemphill; 1 ovigerous female (46966). 1884; 



