. Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Their distribution, variations, and habits. Decapoda (Crustacea). A. E. Verrill—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 447 But, unlike the latter, this has also many short, curved, or convex ridges on the carpus and distal part of the merus externally, similarly furnished with appressed hairs; other similar, curved ridges are on the inner surface of the propodus and dactylus, above and below. It is also more yellow in color and more uniform, Avithout conspic- uous bands of red on the legs, and without the red reticulated lines. Two large specimens of D. insignis obtained
. Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. Their distribution, variations, and habits. Decapoda (Crustacea). A. E. Verrill—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. 447 But, unlike the latter, this has also many short, curved, or convex ridges on the carpus and distal part of the merus externally, similarly furnished with appressed hairs; other similar, curved ridges are on the inner surface of the propodus and dactylus, above and below. It is also more yellow in color and more uniform, Avithout conspic- uous bands of red on the legs, and without the red reticulated lines. Two large specimens of D. insignis obtained at Dominica I., in 1906, by A. H. Verrill, are in the Yale Museum. They occupy shells of Triton They M'ere taken in fish-traps, in 10 to 25 fathoms, associated with D. venosKS. The latter was much more common. Saussure's type was from Guadeloupe. Clibanarius tricolor (Gibbes) Stimp. Tricolored Hermit-Crab. Blue Hermit- Crab. Pagunis tricolor Gibbes, Proc. Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci., iii, p. 189, 1850. Clibanarius tricolor Stimpson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., p. 234 [72], 1858. Eankin, op. cit., p. 239, 1900 (Bahamas); vol. xii, p. 535 (Bermuda). Benedict, Anom. Crust. Porto Eico. p. 142. pi. vi, fig. 2, 1901 (descr.). Figures 61, 62, 63. This is a small and very abundant species easily distinguished from all others by its remarkable coloration, in which blue predominates. 61 62. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Verrill, A. E. (Addison Emery), 1839-1926. New Haven : Yale University
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