. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 276 BULLETIN 152, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM last. First three segments of i^iale abdomen tuberculate; distal end of each segment save the last marked by a harrow transverse band of pubescence. Posterior half of sternum tuberculate, anterior half punctate. Measurements .—Male holotype, length of carapace 17, width mm. Female (21986), length , width mm. Range.—Cape St. Lucas, Mexico; Bay of Panama; Galapagos Islands, 5^2 to 33 fathoms. Material examined.—Ofl' Cape St. Lucas, Lower California, Mexico; lat. 22° 52' 00" N.;
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 276 BULLETIN 152, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM last. First three segments of i^iale abdomen tuberculate; distal end of each segment save the last marked by a harrow transverse band of pubescence. Posterior half of sternum tuberculate, anterior half punctate. Measurements .—Male holotype, length of carapace 17, width mm. Female (21986), length , width mm. Range.—Cape St. Lucas, Mexico; Bay of Panama; Galapagos Islands, 5^2 to 33 fathoms. Material examined.—Ofl' Cape St. Lucas, Lower California, Mexico; lat. 22° 52' 00" N.; long. 109° 55' 00" W.; 31 fathoms; rky.; temp. ° F.; May 1, 1888; station 2829, Albatross; 1 male (21987). Bay of Panama; 1888; Albatross: Lat. 8° 05' 00" N.; long. 78° 51' DO" W.; 33 fathoms; gy. S. brk. Sh.; Mar. 5; station 2796: 1 male, holotype (21580). Lat. 7° 56' 00" N.; long. 79° 41' 30" W.; 51}^ fathoms; gn. M.; Mar. 30; station 2805; 2 small males (21985). Off Hood Island, Galapagos Islands; lat. 1° 21' 30" S.; long. 89° 39' 45" W.; 20 fathoms; co. S.; April 7, 1888; station 2812, Albatross; 1 female (21986). MEDAEUS SPINULIFER (Rathbun), new combination Filummis spinulifer Rathbun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 21, 1898, p. 585, pi. 42, figs. 6-8 (type-locality, off Cape St. Lucas, 31 fathoms; type, Cat. No. 21582, U. S. N. M.); Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 4, 1902, p. 281.—Boone, Zoologica, vol. 8,1927, p. 217, text-fig. 79. Diagn osis.—Rough and hairy. Four lateral spines, a subhepatic spine. Frontal lobes triangular. Half or nearly half of outer surface of major palm smooth and bare. Descriptio n. — Carapace covered with a short coating of downy hair, thicker on anterior portion, where there are tufts of longer and stouter pkiure 45.—medaeus spinuufer, male, holotype, setae; or it maj'' be nearly CARAPACE MM. WIDE. 0. MAJOR CHELA. 6. MiNOR jjgj^pfj jj^ larffc specimcns. chela, c. Dorsal view . Ca
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