342 A. E. Verrill — Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 



Iieptodius floridanus (Gibbes) A. M.-Edw. 



Chlor-odius floridanuA Gibbes, Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv, Sci., iii, p. 175, 1850. 

 Stimpson, Notes on N. Amer. Crust., Annals Lye. Nat. Hist. N. York, vii, 

 p. 209. S. I. Smith, Crust. Brazil, these Trans., ii, p. 3, 1869 (measurements). 

 Kingsley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philad., for 1879, p. 395. Rankin, Ann. 

 N. York Acad., xi, p. 281, 1898. 



Leptodius floridanus A. M.-Edw., Miss. Sci. Mex., v. vol. i, p. 268, pi. xlix, 

 figs. 3, 2a, 1880. M. J. Rathbun, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., ii, p. 139, 1900 

 (Brazil); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, p. 536; Brachyura and Macr. Porto 

 Eico, p. 27, 1901. Verrill, these Trans, x, p. 575, 1900 (Bermuda). 



Chlorodius Umosus'Desb. and Schramm, Crust. Guadeloupe, p. 30 {t. A. M.- 

 Edw.). 



Plate XIV, Figure 7. 



This is easily distinguished from most of the allied species by the 

 stronglj'^ areolated carapace, large lateral teeth, and prominent 

 bilobed front. The upper side of the chelae is rough with irregular 

 elevations and small rounded tubercles. The smaller specimens often 

 closely resemble Eupanopeus bermuclensis of similar size, and the 

 young of jE! serratus, but the areolations of the carapace are stronger 

 and the frontal lobes are more prominent, with a deep notch between 

 thera, while the tubercles appear on the chelte in very young individ- 

 uals. The tips of the chelse are excavate or spoon-like even when 

 very young. It is variable in color, but is usually mottled or varied 

 with dull red or reddish brown. 



Measurements of Bermuda specimens. 



Chela? 



height 



( 10 



( 8 

 \ 9.5 



"( 8 



10 



< r. 9 



'/ 1. 11 



\ 6 



No. 4001 was carrying eggs April, 1901. 



This species is common on rockj^ shores under stones and on the 

 reefs in the crevices and beneath dead corals. Many specimens were 

 taken by the Yale parties in 1898 and 1901. Several taken in April 

 were carrying (^ggs. Others taken in midsummer by the Bermuda 

 Biol. Station also had eggs. It has been obtained by nearly every 

 collector in Bermuda (J. M. Jones, Mr. Goode, Professor Kincaid, 

 Dr. T. H. Bean, etc.). 



