. Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Their distribution, variations, and habits. Decapoda (Crustacea). A. E. VerriU—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 351 the fourth ; the fifth is often smaller than the fourth. The front is a little more produced m the middle and is more evidently 4-lobed, the outer small lobe being more distinct. The distal groove on the carpns is sometimes distinct, but ill-defined ; in other cases it is lack- ing ; this variation may occur on the two chela3 of an individual. A Brazilian specimen (No. 236, Yale Mus.), studied both by Prof. Smith and by Miss Rathbun, has the carapace
. Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Their distribution, variations, and habits. Decapoda (Crustacea). A. E. VerriU—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 351 the fourth ; the fifth is often smaller than the fourth. The front is a little more produced m the middle and is more evidently 4-lobed, the outer small lobe being more distinct. The distal groove on the carpns is sometimes distinct, but ill-defined ; in other cases it is lack- ing ; this variation may occur on the two chela3 of an individual. A Brazilian specimen (No. 236, Yale Mus.), studied both by Prof. Smith and by Miss Rathbun, has the carapace 21™'° long ; SS™"" wide ; ratio 1 Figure 16.—Eupanopeus americanus, nat. size. After Benedict and Rathbun (as P. areolatus). Some of our Bermuda specimens may belong to this species, if it be really distinct. Eupanopeus occidentalis (Saus.) Eathbnn. Panopeus occidentalis H. de. Saussure, Eev. et ilag. de Zool. (2), 9, p. 503, 1857 ; Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, xiv, p. 431. pi. i, fig. 6, 1857. Stimpson, Amer. Jour. Sci. (2), 27, p. 146, 1859. S. I. Smith, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., xii, p. 279, 1869. E. v. Martens, Arch, fiir Xatur., xxxviii, p. 90, 1872. A. , Miss. Sci. an Mexique, pt. 5, i, p. 310, 1880; Bull. Mns. Comp. Zool., viii, p. 13, 1880. Benedict and Eathbun, Proc. Xat. Mus., xiv, p. 360, pi, XX, fig. 3 ; pi. xxiii, fig. 14, 1891. Eupanopeus occidentalis Eathbun, Bull. Labr. Xat. Hist. Univ. Iowa, iv, p. 273. 1898; Proc. Wash. Acad., ii, p. 140, 1900; Crust. Porto Eico, p. 29, 1901. Figure 17. Plate XTI, Figure 2. Antero-lateral teeth slightly elevated ; their anterior margins trun- cate ; the three posterior teeth are pointed ; first tooth separated from the post-ocular tooth b}' a rather deep sinus, which, however, does not divide the coalesced tooth to its base. Front produced, thin, slightly depressed, with a median fissure, each lobe slightly. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been
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