Smith.] 278 [February 3> 



South Carolina (Coll. Essex Institute). Bahamas; Dr. II. Bryant 

 (Coll. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist,). St. Augustine, Fla.; Col. W. E. 

 Foster. Egmont Key, west coast of Florida; Col. E. Jewett. As- 

 pinwall; F. H. Bradley. 



The Cancer Panope Herbst (Krabben und Krebse, Tab. 54, fig. 5, 

 Vol. Ill, zweites Heft, p. 40, 1801), if we may trust the figure, is 

 very different from this species, and cannot be referred to any de- 

 scribed species of Panopeus, moreover, Herbst distinctly states that it 

 is an East Indian species. 



Variety obesus. 



Carapax strongly convex. Front broad, defiexed, not prominent, 

 the edge as seen from above nearly straight, and not at all four-lobed. 

 Post-orbital tooth not prominent, slightly separated from the second 

 normal tooth of the antero-lateral margin by a very shallow sinus; 

 remaining teeth of the margin not very prominent; the third broad T 

 and its outer edge truncate; fourth broad, the anterior edge very 

 short, but slightly hooked forward at the apex, and the outer edge 

 slightly arcuate; last tooth very short, but acute, audits apex slightly 

 curved forward. Inferior regions, chelipeds, etc., very nearly as in 

 Herbstii. 



Color of alcoholic specimens, brownish olive, clouded and spotted 

 with dull red on the anterior part of the carapax, and on the upper 

 side of the chelipeds; fingers black or dark brown, lighter at the tips. 

 In all the specimens the hands are spotted externally with red. 



Length of carapax in a male, 23.6 millim:; breadth, S3. 4 millim.: 

 ratio, 1 : 1.41. 



Egmont Key, Fla. ; Col. E. Jewett. Aspinwall ; F. H. Bradley. 



Specimens from Egmont Key appear quite distinct from specimens 

 of Herbstii from the same locality, having the carapax broader and 

 much more convex, the teeth of the antero-lateral margin less promi- 

 nent and somewhat different in form, and the coloration quite differ- 

 ent; but specimens of Herbstii, in the Society's collection, from 

 Bahama and Florida, approach quite closely to the variety, in the 

 breadth and convexity of the carapax, the form of the teeth of the 

 antero-lateral margin of the carapax, and even slightly in coloration. 



Panopeus validus, sp. nov. 



Carapax slightly convex, deeply areolated, and crossed anteriorly 

 by a few coarsely granulous rugas, lateral regions and the anterior part 

 of the gastric region sparsely and coarsely granulous, and clothed with 

 hairy pubescence. Front prominent and horizontal, the edge granu- 



