THE SPIDER CRABS OF AMERICA 



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CoZor. — Rosy gray, some- 

 times spotted with black; 

 lingers carmine, teeth 

 bordered with black (Des- 

 bonne) . 



Measurements. — Male 

 (18675), length of carapace 

 18.5, width of same 27.8, 

 length of cheliped 60.1 mm. 

 Male, Cm-apao, length 26, 

 width 37.5 mm. 



Habitat. — The arrange- 

 ment of the chelipeds and 

 the afferent passages exca- 

 vated below the carapace 

 indicates habitual conceal- 

 ment in the sand with only 

 rostrum, eyes and afferent 

 apertures exposed. 



Range. — From Cape 

 Hatteras, North Carolina, 

 via Gulf of Mexico and 

 Bahamas to Bahia, Brazil; 

 Bermudas. Shallow water 

 to 30 fathoms. 



Materials examined. — 

 See table, pages 518-519. 



PARTHENOPE (PLATYLAMBRUS) 

 POURTALESn (Stimpson) 



Plates 182, 183, and 276 



Lambrus pourtalesii Stimp- 

 son, BuU. Mus. Comp. 

 ZooL, vol. 2, 1871, p. 129 

 (type-localities, off Conch 

 Reef, French Reef, and 

 American Shoal, 40 to 117 

 fathoms; t)'pes not ex- 

 tant) . — A. Milne Ed- 

 WARDS, Crust. R6g. Mex., 

 1878, p. 149, pi. 30, figs. 

 2-2d. 



Lambrus terrillii Smith, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 3, 

 1881, p. 415 (type-locali- 

 ties, stations 865 to 867, 

 872, Fish Hawk, southern 

 coast of New England, 



