. Decapod crustacea of Bermuda. Decapoda (Crustacea) -- Bermuda Islands. 354 A. E. Verrill—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. well defined. Abdomen much like lliat of o<-<-!</, ,,t:iir of feet in contact with third abdominal segment. Length of carapace of a young specimen, 7""" ; width, s'»m. Carpus and hand coarsely and densely granulated, rugose above. Carpal spine sharp, pointing forward: fin-vr-. not --aping, a lar--e tooth at the base of the dactyl on the large hand, and a tooth on tin- hand at the base of the dactyl. (Uenedict and Mat hbiin, abridged.). Figure Is.— /•&
. Decapod crustacea of Bermuda. Decapoda (Crustacea) -- Bermuda Islands. 354 A. E. Verrill—Decapod Crustacea of Bermuda. well defined. Abdomen much like lliat of o<-<-!</, ,,t:iir of feet in contact with third abdominal segment. Length of carapace of a young specimen, 7""" ; width, s'»m. Carpus and hand coarsely and densely granulated, rugose above. Carpal spine sharp, pointing forward: fin-vr-. not --aping, a lar--e tooth at the base of the dactyl on the large hand, and a tooth on tin- hand at the base of the dactyl. (Uenedict and Mat hbiin, abridged.). Figure Is.— /•>/„»,«-ns s.,/-n/ns, carapace and chelipeds of No. 3019, Yule Mus., x about Phot. A. H. V. An unusually large male (No. 301!', pi. 16, fig. 5), which was col- lected by our Yale Exped. of isOs, has been studied by Miss M. .1. Rathbun, who furnished the following notes : "Length ;, width 27mm, exorbital width Color in formaline, light red and white mottled : upper part of chelipeds a darker red ; fingers a light horny brown, terminal third white. Third segment of abdomen reaching the coxae of the last pair of legs. This specimen demonstrates conclusively the distinctness of this species from E. occidentalism all the lateral teeth are narrower and sharper; the areolations strongly marked ; the surface rougher, the short transverse granulated lines more prominent and more numer- ous. The chelipeds, also, are rougher, especially the ; A somewhat larger and still better male specimen was taken in 1901. (No. 4068, see pi. xvi, fig. 1.) This, after preservation for a few years in forrnol, and doubtless much faded, is pale flesh-color and yellowish white, with patches of brighter yellow on the carapace and chelipeds ; the upper parts of the man us and carpus are paie. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these ill
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