50 



CRABS OF THE FAMILY INACHIDJi—M. J. RATHBUN. 



carpus, 7; propodiis, 25; dactylus, 6; length of second ambulatory leg, 

 42^ length of nierus,17; carpus, 7; propodus, 13; dactylus, 3.5; length 

 of tMrd ambulatory leg, 35; length of merus, 13.2; carpus, 6.5; pro- 

 podus, 10; dactylus, 3; length of fourth ambulatory leg, 32; length of 

 merus, 11.3; carpus, C; j)ropodus, 9; dactylus, 2.7. 



This species was collected in the Gulf of Mexico and Straits of Florida 

 by the steamer Albatross, 1885, as follows: 



Lat. N. 



24 2.5 45 

 28 45 00 



81 40 45 

 85 02 00 



Nature of bottom. 



Co. 



gy. S. brk. Co. 



PODOCHELA MACRODERA, St imp son. 



PodocheJa macrodera, Stimpson, Auu. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., vii, \>. 190, 18(i0. — A. 

 ]\Iilne-Edwauds, op. eit., ji. 191, pi. xxxiv, fig. 3, 1879. 



In this species the rostrum is thick, obtuse, short, and not hollow be- 

 neath. There is a white tubercle on the median line at the end of the 

 first abdominal segment iu the male; also two on the sternum in front 

 of the abdomen. The hands are much inflated and the fingers gaping. 

 The basal antennal joint in these specimens is narrower distally than 

 in A. Milne-Edwards's figure, the lateral ridges are smooth and rounded 

 and coalesced for their anterior third. There is a small tubercle on 

 each side of the epistome. 



Measurements. — Length (of male), 15.2 mm.; width, 11. 



LocaliticK. 



Key West, Florida; D. S. Jordan; 1 male (63H8). 



St. Thomas, West Indies; U. S. Fish Commission steamer Alhalross, 1884; 1 male 

 (18078) 



PODOCHELA GRACILIPES, S t i m p s o n. 



Podochehi f/rncUipes, Stimpsox, Bull. Mns. Comp. Zool., ii, p. 120, 1870. — A. Milne- 

 Edwards, op. cU., p. 192, pi. XXXV, fig. 1, 1879. 



In the larger specimens the two small tubercles a^ either end of the 

 epistome, and also tlie projecting angle of the buccal cavity are visible 

 in a dorsal view. 



Measurements. — Length of largest si)ecimen, 12.5; width. S mm. 



