. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE CANCROID CRABS OF AMERICA 443 groove and two inner spines, one smaller and below the other; major hand roughened on its upper and proximal portions, the roughness of the outer surface more extensive in the minor than the major chela. Fingers deeply grooved; dactylus of larger claw with a large basal tooth. Legs rerj long and slender; merus with a row of spines above, other articles spinulous. Color.—Anterior portion of carapace light yellowish orange. Fingers of major chela brownish black, of minor chela black. Spines and tubercles of bo
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE CANCROID CRABS OF AMERICA 443 groove and two inner spines, one smaller and below the other; major hand roughened on its upper and proximal portions, the roughness of the outer surface more extensive in the minor than the major chela. Fingers deeply grooved; dactylus of larger claw with a large basal tooth. Legs rerj long and slender; merus with a row of spines above, other articles spinulous. Color.—Anterior portion of carapace light yellowish orange. Fingers of major chela brownish black, of minor chela black. Spines and tubercles of both chelipeds light salmon. Measurements.—Male (19810), length of carapace 7, width of same 10, fronto-orbital width. , width of front mm. Range.—From Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and Gulf of Mexico to Cape Frio, Brazil; depth SK to 182 fathoms. Material examined.—See table, page Figure 71.—Micropanope spinipes, female, type of Pilumnus andrewsii, dorsal view, X3 MICROPANOPE SPimPES A. Milne Edwards Plate 181, Figures 1 and 2 Micropanope spinipes A. Milne Edwards, Crust. Reg. Mex., 1880, p. 326, pi. 54, figs. 3-3c (type-locality, Abrolhos Islands, Brazil, 30 fathoms; type in Museum of Comparative Zoology).—Miers, Challenger Rept., Zool., vol. 17, 1886, pp. XX and 130; Bahia, 7 to 20 fathoms.—A. Milne Edwards and BouviER, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 47, 1923, p. 323. Pilumnus spinipes Rathbun, Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa, vol. 4, 1898, p. 204.—Verrill, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts and Sci., vol. 10, 1900, p. 577 ("Cuba" is an error); vol. 13, 1908, p. 361, text-fig. 20, pi. 27 [not 26], fig. 1. Pilumnus andreivsii Rathbun, Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa, vol. 4, 1898, p. 267, pi. 5, fig. 2 (type-locality. Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas; type. Cat. No. 20508, ). Diagnosis.—Palms smooth and bare over nearly the whole outer surface. Third and fourth antero-lateral teeth larger, first, second, and fifth smaller. Margin of fr
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