336 A. E. Verrill — Decapod, Crustacea of Bermuda. 



B'. Fronto-orbital border much more than half greatest breadth of carapace. 



C. Carapace nodose Lobojnlumnus 



C. Carapace not nodose. 



D. Menis of external maxillipeds as long as or longer than broad. 



E. Fronto-orbital border about two-thirds greatest breadth of cara- 

 pace - Pihiiunus 



E'. Fronto-orbital border much more than two-thirds greatest breadth 

 of carapace ; arm scarcely projecting beyond lateral border of 



carapace Eriphia 



D'. Merus of external maxillipeds about twice as broad as long.. Dojnecta 



Platypodia spectabilis (Herbst) Rathbun. Calico Crab ; Bandana Crab. 



Cancer spectabilis Herbst, Natur. Krabb., ii, 158, pi. xxxvii, f. 5, 1794. 



Cancer lobata M.-Edw., Hist. Nat. Crust., i, p. 375, 1834. 



Attergatis lobatus Stimpson, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. York, vol. vii, p. 202 



[74], 1860. 

 Lophactwa lobata A. M.-Edw., N. Arch. Mus., Mem., i, p. 249, pi. xvi, fig. 



3, 3a ; Miss. Sci. Mex., p. 242, 1879. Rankin, op. cit., p. 529, 1889. 

 Cancer venustus Desh. ScScraxava., Crust. Guadeloupe, p. 23 {t. A. M.-Edw.). 

 Platypodia spectabilis M. J. Rathbun, Amer. Inst. Jamaica, i, p. 13, 1897 ; 



Brachyura and Macrura Porto Rico, p. 26, 1901. Verrill, Trans. Conn. 



Acad., xi, p. 17, pi. i, fig. 2, 1901 (descr. colors). 



Figure 10. Plate XIV, Figure 6. 



This is a small and rather rare species, easily distinguishable by the 

 form of its carapace and its remarkable coloration, which appears to 

 be highly protective when the crab lives among the common bright 



Figure 10. — Calico Crab, Platypodia spectabilis, enlarged about 1| times. After 

 A. M.-Edw. 



red and orange-colored sponges ( Tedania ignis), actiniae, etc., with 

 which it agrees well in colors, while their irregular arrangement 

 serves to break up the outline of the carapace. 



