444 BULLETIN 129, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Diagnosis. — Only one antero-lateral spine on carapace. An 

 obscure tooth at middle of outer margin of basal antennal article. 

 Tubercle on palm large. No lobe on posterior surface of propodus 

 of ambulatory legs. 



Description. — Resembling cristulipes in shape of carapace and 

 chelae. The carapace is smoother, the granules and tubercles fewer 

 and much depressed; the marginal protuberances are mostly tubercles, 

 one hepatic, three branchial (antero-lateral) of which the second and 

 third are nearer together than first and second, second smallest, third 

 longest, directed nearly forward; a large tubercle is above the postero- 

 lateral margin. Front less deeply bifid than in cristvlipes. The upper 

 distal margin appears entire but a slight depression takes the place 

 of a notch. Preorbital tooth short, tip arcuate, not dimpled. Basal 

 antennal article more triangular than in the allied species, its anterior 

 tooth very short and blunt, outer tooth obsolescent ; second movable 

 article about twice as long as wide. 



Merus of maxillipeds with an oblique inner distal margin. 



Chehpeds stout; the carpus has two distant lobes on inner margin 

 and only one unbroken ridge on outer surface. Palm dark colored 

 except at distal end, fingers with a broad, reddish band across the 

 middle. The tubercle at proximal end of palm is situated as in 

 cristulipes but is larger and sublaminar. Legs slenderer than in 

 cristulipes, the last two articles resembling in shape those of that 

 species, having no lateral lobe but a minute dorsal lobe. 



Measurements. — Largest male (25765), greatest length of carapace 

 7.3, greatest width 7.7 mm. Largest female (Amsterdam Mus.), 

 greatest length 9.3, greatest width 11.3 mm. 



Range. — Curasao; Brazil, from Fernando Noronha Island (Pocock) 

 to Alagoas. 



Material examined. — 



Caracas Bay, Curasao; 1920; C. J. van der Horst: From a stone 

 on shore; April 30; 1 ovigerous female (Amsterdam Mus.). In 

 sponges; May 3; 1 male (56374), 1 male (Amsterdam Mus.). 



Rio Formoso, Pernambuco, Brazil; 1876-1877; R. Rathbun, Hartt 

 Explorations; 1 male, 1 female (19957). 



Maceio coral reef, Alagoas, Brazil; July 23 and 26 and August 3, 

 1899; A. W. Greeley, Branner-Agassiz Exped.; 4 males (1 is holotype)^ 

 3 females (25765). 



TELEOPHRYS ORNATUS Rathbun 



Plate 159, figs. 3 and 4; plate 262, figs. 8 and 9 



Mithrax sp., Miers, Challenger Rept., Zool., vol. 17, 1886, p. 89, pi. 10, 

 figs. 3, 3a-36.— Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 15, 1892, p. 273. 



Teleophrys ornatus Rathbun, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 20 for 1900 

 part 2, 1901, p. 65, text-fig. 11 (type-locality, Mayaguez Harbor, 4 to 6. 

 fathoms; holotype, Cat. No. 23774, U.S.N.M.). 



