'2IO Naturai. History Bui.letin. 



is orbicular, six inches in diameter, and covered with blunt 

 spines, those on the margin being much the largest, and the 

 anterior marginal spines are bifid. The tips of the walking 

 legs are black. En'phia go)iagra (Fabr.) has a broad,, 

 rounded carapace, with an antero-lateral row of sharp, re- 

 curved spines. The hand and carpus are covered with very 

 peculiar, smooth, shining, round nodules arranged- in longitu- 

 dinal series. The chela; are bright crimson in color, and the 

 right linger bears a large truncated prominence on the basal 

 part of its cutting edge. One of the most beautiful crusta- 

 ceans in the entire collection is a specimen oi Plagiis/a dcprcssa 

 Say. The carapace is orbicular and covered with nodules 

 interspersed with round, bead-like granules. The anterior 

 part is strangely shaped, having a projecting lip or ridge pas- 

 sing under the eyes and antenna^, and showing deep clefts 

 above for the recesses into which the antennce are folded. 

 The superior surface of the carapace is mottled with crimson 

 and grayish pink, and that of the chekv and walking leg's is 

 marked with broad, longitudinal bands of the same color. 

 The chela; are especially gorgeous in their ornamentation, 

 which consists of rows of nodules and the crimson stripes men- 

 tioned above. The ventral surface is. as usual, without bright 

 markings. Carpi// us coralliiius ( Hbst. ) is a very large- 

 bright-red crab, with perfectly smooth, rounded carapace and 

 massive cheke. The tingers are jet black. 



The land-crabs are very abundant on the island, and appear 

 to belong to three or four species. There is the small and 

 ever present Gcocarciims lateralis ( Frem. ) .with its bright red 

 and 3'ellow coloring. It \\'as especially abundant in the cave 

 where the •• leaf-nosed '' bats were secured. Next \\ e have 

 Cardiosoina ^iiaii/niini (Latr. ). the common large edible- 

 species of a gra3'ish color, and with no bright markings. In 

 addition to these are what appear to be two other species 

 which the writer secured during liis former \-isit to Eleuthera. 

 Both are about as large as 6". giianJuiiui. (Jne is of a deep 

 rich wine-color, with two, round, light yellow^ spots near the 

 posterior margin of the carapace. The other is green in color. 



