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About Aug. 5, 1930. Seined at Long Key seining beach. Portunus ordvayi? 
Carapace largely chestnut with lighter stippling and some small grayish 
splotches, distal mm. and a half of frontal teeth, including inner orbitals, 
cinereous with white margins. Light margin of orbit except for inner orbital 
tooth light hazel or vinaceous cinnamon. Antero-lateral teeth kxxxxxksbxx 
k&uuqbbxx with touches of claret brown. 
2nd & 3rd ambulatory legs hazel X dragons blood red. 1st ambulatories 
more dragon’s blood red. Chelipeds with slaty nuances (#6 gray) over chestnut. 
Ant. of merus with carpus, and carpal spines ringed w^h proximally with a deep 
red (? crimson ofmaroon purple distally with'aTprune purple density sort of 
rufous X Chinese orange red, reddish flushed (tinged) white between. 
Depressed patch on outer oblique face of chela below upper ridge and 
first of outer highly irridescent (brilliant irridescent green from one angle, 
at another brilliant irridescent solferino; on a slope at times just a dull 
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heliotrope, (or at times aster purple) with what look^ like little dull, deep 
dark red spines sticking up inside. 
Upper movable finger, spines on 
edge of merus mostly white with 4f-6 red base. 
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Fixed finger like movable, except/ 4, 5, and 
6 all dense purple red color. Hairs on fore 
edge of merus deep flesh color, spines on hande white 
banded, and extreme tip white between two whites, 
narrow rufous band. 
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Inside face of hand which, merus where lapped by carapace, white 
of a very pale pinkish buff tone. Hairs on hinder edge of merus, carapace, and 
paddle limbs white. 
