CRUSTACEA XORTIT PACIFIC EXPi.UKIXG EXPEDITION 47 



sions of a male specimen are : Length of carapa.x, 0.62 ; breadth, 

 0.84 inch. 



Found among stones above low-water mark at Simoda, Japan. 



64. XANTHO PARVULA' (Fabricius) Milne Edwards 



Cancer parvulits Fabricius, Ent. Syst., 11, 451. 



Xantho l>annilus ^Iilne Edwards, Hist. Nat. des Crust., i, 395. Dax.\, 

 U. S. Exploring Expedition, Crust., i, 170. 



A Species of Xaiitlw agreeing with descriptions of the above species 

 was dredged in the harbor of Porto Praya, Cape de \'erde Islands, 

 among nnllipores and sand, at a depth of 12 fathoms. 



Genus XAXTHODES Dana 



In addition to the characters of this genus given by Dana, we may 

 mention that another prominent distinctive mark of the species be- 

 longing to it is the shortness or little prominence of the front, which 

 scarcely projects beyond the orbits, while in Xantho proper it is 

 •considerably protruded. 



65. XANTHODES ELEGANS ' Stimpson 



Pi..\TE V, Fig. 3 



Xaiitliadcs clcgaiis Sti.mpsox, Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila.. x. p. 33 [31], 

 1S5S. 



Carapax distinctly but not deeply areolate, smoother posteriorly ; 

 proportion of length to breadth, i : 1.43. Surface glossy but uneven, 

 with projections toward the anterior margins. Antero-lateral mar- 

 gin, with four sharp subpapilliform teeth, besides the angle of the 

 orbit, which is not prominent. ( )rbits moderately large, with three 

 or four small tooth-like projections on the margins. Subhepatic 

 region strongly convex, smooth. Chelopoda with the carpus orna- 

 mented with scabriform tubercles; outer surface of hand sulcate. the 

 ridges between the sulci tuberculated ; fingers black, .\mbulatory 

 feet hairy : antepenult joint rather conspicuously grooved. 



Dimensions of a male: Length of carapax. 0.42; breadth. 0.6 

 inch. 



Taken at Simoda, Japan. 



' Xautlin parx'uhts Dana, which is a synonym of Xunthias inclanodactylus 

 (A. Mihie Edwards) ; not Wnilho f^nrt'iihis Mihu- Edward-;, whioli i< rt species 

 •of Euryj^anopciis. 



- Xoiitliiiu rlcgaiis (Stinipsun ). 



