50 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



Genus HALIMEDE De Haan 



In this genus the prgelabial area is smooth, with no indication of a 

 ridge defining the etiferent passage. The orbits have two fissures 

 above and two below, the external inferior fissure forming an hiatus 

 as well marked as in Panopeus. 



68. HALIMEDE FRAGIFER De Haan 



Halimcdc fragifcr De Haan, Fauna Japonica, Crust., p. 47. pi. .xiii, hg. 4. 



The color in life is, above bluish-gra\' and white, mottled ; below 

 paler. 



Dredged from a shelly bottom, in 10 fathoms, near Hongkong. 

 China. 



Genus CHLORODIUS Leach 



69. CHLORODIUS CYTHEREA' Dana 



Ch'orodius cytlicrca Dana, U. S. Exploring Expedition, Crust., i, 213, pi. 

 xn, fig. 2. 



Taken by us at the Sandwich Islands and at Ousima. 



70. CHLORODIUS NIGER' (Forskal) Riippell 



Cancer niger Forskal. 



Chlorodius niger Ruppell, Krabben des rotlien Meeres, p. 20, pi. iv, fig. 7. 

 Milne Edwards, Hist. Nat. des Crust., p. 401. Dana, U. S. Explor- 

 ing Expedition, Crust., i, 216, pi. xir, fig. 5. 



In living specimens the color is uniform blue-black above ; below 

 bluish ; articulations of the feet yellowish. 



Found by us at the Bonin Islands, at Loo Choo, and at Tahiti, 

 always among living corals, below low'-water mark. It is also found 

 in the Red Sea (Riippell), in the Sooloo Sea, at Alangsi, the Fiji 

 Islands, Tongatabu, \\''akes Island, and Upolu (Dana). 



71. CHLORODIUS MONTICULOSUS ' Dana 



Chlorodi'.ts iiioiiticiilosiis Dana, U. S. Expl. Exped., Crust., i, 206, pi. xi, 

 fig. 9. 



Of a purplish-brown color in life, variegated with white or yellow- 

 ish-white. The fingers, and sometimes the whole hand, are deep 



^ Chlorodiella iiiger (Forskal). 



' Phyinodius iiiigulatus (Milne Edwards). 



