440 BULLETIN 129, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Guanica Bay, Porto Rico; on coral reef; January 28, 1899; Fish 

 Hawk; 1 male, 1 female (24203). 



St. Thomas; 1884; Albatross; 4 specimens (16195). 



Mosquito Bay, St. Thomas; 2 fathoms; July 21, 1915; station 12, 

 Clarence R. Shoemaker; 1 male (50374), gift of Carnegie Institution. 



Groote Bai, St. Martin; among stones and algae; August, 1905; 

 J. Boeke; 1 ovigerous female (42977). 



Simsons Bay Lagoon, St. Martin; shallow water; on coral rocks, 

 inside sponges; September 7, 1905; J. Boeke; 1 male, 1 ovigerous 

 female (Leiden Mus.). 



English Harbor, Antigua; shore; 1918; Barbados-Antigua Exped., 

 Univ. Iowa; 1 immature female (Mus. S. LT. I.). 



Curasao; 1884; Alhatr^oss; 2 males, 1 female (16196). 



Spanish Water (lagoon), Curapao; shallow water, among madre- 

 pores; July 7, 1905; J. Boeke; 1 male (Leiden Mus.). 



Spanish Water, Curasao; from Porites pontes; 1920; C. J. van der 

 Horst; 1 male (56859). 



Caracas Bay, Curasao; from coral; April 7, 1920; C. J. van der 

 Horst; 1 female (56856). 



Genus TELEOPHRYS Stimpson 



Teleophnjs Stimpson, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 29, 1860, p. 133; type, 

 T. cristulipes Stimpson. 



Allied to Mithrax, but distinguished by the character of the orbits 

 which have the superior and exterior margins entire or nearly so; 

 there may be traces of two superior fissures. Carapace ovate. 

 Basal segment of antenna narrower than in typical Mithrax, armed 

 with a tooth at the antero-external angle. Merus of outer maxilliped 

 broader than ischium, and notched at internal angle for reception of 

 palpus. Legs cristate. 



Restricted to America. 



KEY TO TilE SPECIES OF THE GENUS TELEOPHRYS 



A'. Carapace broader than long. Legs cristate on upper, but not on lower 

 surface. 

 B'. A tooth at middle of outer margin of basal article of antenna. Three 

 antero-lateral branchial spines. No lobe on posterior (outer) surface 

 of propodus of legs. Second movable article of antennae long. 



cristulipes, p. 441. 

 B^. No tooth at middle of outer margin of basal article of antenna. 



C Two (or sometimes one) antero-lateral branchial spines. A lobe on 



posterior (outer) surface of propodus of legs tumidus, p. 442. 



C2. Three antero-lateral branchial tubercles, the posterior one may be acute. 

 No lobe on posterior (outer) surface of propodus of legs. Second 



movable article of antennae short pococki, p. 443. 



A2. Carapace distinctly longer than broad. Legs cristate on upper and lower 

 surfaces ornatus, p. 444. 



Analogous species on opposite sides of the continent: pococki 



it.lnnfipV rrist.n/l/i/np.fi rPfl.cific^. 



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(Atlantic) ; cristulipes (Pacific) 



