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CRABS OF THE FAMILY INACHIDJE—M. J. RATHBUN. vol. xvn. 



I 



Family Inachidje. 

 Subfamily Leptopodiin^. 

 LEPTOPODIA SAGITTARIA, ( Fabric ius). 



Cancer s(tf/itiarius, Fabuicius, (Entom. Syst., ii, p. 442, 1793). 



Leptopodla sa<jittaria, Leach, Zool. Misc., ii, p. 16, pi. Lxvii, 1815. — A. Milne- 

 Edwai'.ds, Crust, du Mexique, p. 172, 1878 (partim), and synoiiyniy, except 

 L.sugittcma, Mline-Edwakds aud Lucas, and L. dehilis, Smith. 



Localilie.s. 



From off Cape Hatteras to tlie Caribbean Sea; H. S. Fish Conunissiou steamer 



Albatross : 



Cat. 



No. 



Station. 



Bottom . 



Lat. X. ' Loug. W. 



Path. Temp. 



6934 



17524 



9459 



9464 



9467 



9475 



14975 



17401 



17405 



17374 



9602 



9613 



1 14976 



17525 



9689 



17402 



17403 



17375 



17404 



11303 



9862 



17373 



11219 



17526 



11227 



11232 



11379 



2142 



2311 

 2315 

 2316 

 2317 

 2318 

 2354 

 2362 

 2363 

 2365 

 2370 

 2372 

 2373 

 2374 

 2387 

 2390 

 2405 

 2406 

 2411 

 2413 

 2417 

 2596 

 2604 

 2616 

 2617 

 2621 



2640 



9 30 15 



32 55 00 

 24 26 00 

 24 25 30 

 24 25 45 



24 25 45 

 20 59 30 

 22 08 30 

 22 07 30 

 22 18 00 

 29 18 15 

 29 15 30 

 29 14 00 

 29 11 30 

 20 24 00 

 29 27 30 

 28 45 00 

 28 46 00 

 20 33 30 

 20 01) 00 



33 18 30 

 35 08 30 



34 37 30 

 33 42 45 

 33 37 30 

 33 34 00 



25 05 00 



70 20 30 



54 00 

 48 15 



47 45 

 46 45 

 46 00 

 23 45 

 53 30 



06 00 

 04 00 

 32 00 

 29 30 

 29 15 

 29 00 

 04 00 



48 30 

 02 00 



49 00 

 15 30 

 57 30 



07 00 

 10 00 

 39 45 

 31 00 

 36 30 

 42 00 



79 

 37 

 50 

 45 

 45 

 130 

 25 

 21 

 24 

 25 

 27 

 25 

 26 

 32 

 30 

 30 

 26 

 27 

 24 

 95 

 49 

 34 

 17 

 14 

 9 



o J^. 



59.1 



Materiiils. 



1884. 

 gii.M. S I Mar. 2 



1885. 



crs. S. l)k. Sp I Jan 



Co 



Co 



Co 



Co 



Co. S 



wh.R. Co 



wh. R. Co 



crs. gy. S. brk. Sli ' Feb. 



a.. .1 



Co I 



S. G. brk. Sh I 



S. G. brk. Sb 



crs. S. bk. Sp. Sb 



gy. S. brk. Co 



crs. S. Co 



fne. wli. S. bk. Sp 



fne. S. bk. Sp. brk. Sb . . 



fne. gy. S --.. 



gy-s 



yl. S. brk. Sh 



S. P 



crs. yl. S. brk. Sh 



gy. S. brk. Co 



Co. S. 



]^Iar. 



Apr. 

 Oct. 



1886. 

 Apr. 



St. Thomas; steamer Albatross (7653). 

 Brazil ; Hartt Explorations : 



Maranhao, 2 fathoms, pebbly; Derby ai)d Wilmot, 1870. 



Mar Grande, Bay of Baliia; Richard Rathbun, 1875-'77. 



Periperi, Bay of Bahia; R. Rathbnii. 



Bay of Rio de Janeiro, dredged, shallow water; R. Rathbun. 



LEPTOPODIA DEBILIS, Smith. 

 Leptopodia debilis, Smith, Rept. Peabody Acad. Sci. for 1869 and 1870, p. 87, 1871. 

 Twenty specimens were collected by the steamer Albatross on the 

 coast of Lower California. 



These specimens agree in having the hand shorter and broader than 

 in east coast specimens of X. sagittaria, and the fingers proportionally 

 longer. The propodus is usually about twice the length of the dactylus 

 and varies to 2.^ times that of the dactylus in the largest specimen; in 

 L. sagittaria the propodus is usually about 2| times the length of the 

 dactylus, but varies from 2i to 3.] times. Tlie ambulatory legs are 



