. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE GEAPSOID CBABS OF AMERICA. 333 Inner angle of wrist coarsely dentiform. Tubercles on upper sur- face of palm and dactylus arranged in high relief in longitudinal rows, outer surface of the palm nearly smooth. On the posterior edge of the dorsal surface of the coxae of the legs is an oblong lobe the upper edge of which on the second and third legs and sometimes on the first leg, is cut into two or three teeth. On the anterior border of the meropodites there is a single strong subterminal spine; the upper surface of the next three seg- men
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. THE GEAPSOID CBABS OF AMERICA. 333 Inner angle of wrist coarsely dentiform. Tubercles on upper sur- face of palm and dactylus arranged in high relief in longitudinal rows, outer surface of the palm nearly smooth. On the posterior edge of the dorsal surface of the coxae of the legs is an oblong lobe the upper edge of which on the second and third legs and sometimes on the first leg, is cut into two or three teeth. On the anterior border of the meropodites there is a single strong subterminal spine; the upper surface of the next three seg- ments is traversed longitudinally by a dense strip of long hair; dac- tyli with two rows of strong spines on the concave side. The third or longest leg is about twice the length of the carapace. Color,—Light reddish, dotted with blood-red, tubercles bordered with blackish ciliae with the extremity gray. Some blood-red the legs. Under side of body yellowish. (La- reiile.) Measurements.—Female (18503), extreme length of carapace 45, width of same , fronto-orbital width mm. Range.—From Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, to Brazil. Gulf Stream. Bermudas. THIRD RIGHT LEG Eastem Atlantic. Amboina (de Man). OP MALE OF, a. Material examined.— Abaco, Bahamas; 1806; Albatross; 1 male (17647). LATA (1S82G), Spanish Wells, Bahamas; 1893; Biol. Exped. X li- State Univ. Iowa; specimens in Mus. Indian Key, Florida; among rocks, near low tide; H. Hemphill; 2 females (14056). Dry Tortugas, Florida; June 5-8, 1893; Biol. Exped. State Univ. Iowa; 1 male, 1 female (Mus. ). Jamaica; Albatross; 1 male (18275). Santo Domingo, West Indies; 1878; W. M. Gabb; 1 male (3190). Arroyo, Porto Eico; February 4, 1899; Fish Hawk; 2 males (24040). St. Thomas; shore near town; June 28 and 30, 1915; C. R. Shoe- maker; 2 males (4980G). St. Croix; specimens in Copenhagen Mus. Curasao; Albatross; 1 female (18503). Klein Bonaire; tide pools among coral rocks; July 11, 1905; J. Boeke
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