134 STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA 



Range. — Bermuda, Guadaloupe, Bahamas, Florida, 

 Carolina, Aspinwall, Bahia. 



A. Milne Edwards considers the following species to 

 be only varieties of Paiiopens Iierbstii\ while accepting his 

 opinion, I give descriptions of them : — 



I. Panopeus herbstii granulosus. 



Carapace wide and granular; granulations very fine ; 

 a small transverse crest upon each of the protogastric 

 lobes. 



Bahia. 



2. Panopeus herbstii obesus. 



Carapace strongly convex, the front wide, sloping, 

 slightly advanced, and terminating in a straight border. 

 The external orbital angle is slightly projecting, and is 

 scarcely separated from the second antero-lateral tooth. 

 The other teeth are slightly prominent ; the third is wide, 

 and its external border is truncated ; the fourth is very 

 wide, but its anterior border is short ; the last is very 

 small. 



Florida, Aspinwall. 



3. Panopeus occidentalis. 



The carapace is vaulted ; regions are slightly marked 

 and smooth. Front scarcely two - lobed, not granular. 

 The antero-lateral borders of the carapace reach the level 

 of the posterior border of the gastric region ; two first 

 teeth obtuse ; three last teeth sharp. The fourth joint of 

 the first pair of legs has a tooth at the external extremity 

 of its superior border. The fifth has a tooth at its internal 



