278 STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA 



subacute. Walking legs robust, with their fourth joint 

 broadly dilated and compressed ; two terminal joints with 

 strong spines. Abdomen, in the male, broadly triangular, 

 seven-jointed. 



Range. — Tropical seas of America, West Indies, 

 West Coast of Africa. 



I. Goniopsis cruentatus. 



Goniopsis cyucntatus 

 Goniopsis niricola 

 Grapsiis cniciitatus 

 Grapsiis longipcs . 

 Grapsiis pclli . . 



De Haah, Kingsley, Miers. 



White. 



Latreille. 



Randall. 



Herklots. 



Goniograpsns cruentatus Dana. 



Front granulate, suprafrontal lobes four, margins 

 crenulate, orbits entire above, distally emarginate. Cara- 

 pace with oblique transverse ridges. Anterior margin of 

 third and fourth joint of first pair of legs expanded and 

 toothed, both margins having spiniform tubercles, as is 

 also the upper margins of the fifth joint. Hands with 

 spiniform tubercles above and below, the middle of the 

 outer surface smooth, the inner surface with scattered, 

 pointed granules. The fingers slightly excavated. The 

 walking legs compressed and armed with stiff" black 

 bristles. Posterior angle of fourth joint of last pair 

 rounded, in the other feet dentate. The carapace is 

 black-green ; the legs are vermilion, with white spots on 

 both carapace and legs. 



Range. — Surinam, Berbice, Bahamas, Bermuda, 

 Cuba, Florida, West Coast of Nicaragua, West Coast 

 of Africa. Common near Plantation Everton on the 

 Berbice River, and on the mud banks of the same river 

 off New Amsterdam, where they live more on. the land 



