Catalogue of specimens collected by the US Exploring Expedition and received by the Philadelphia Museum, 1838 - 1842
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No. 146.- Geltbar. 147.- The Same, with Crystals of quartz. 148.- The Same, with a Single Crystal of Whitite. 149.- The Same, with a coniform Crystal of Mica. 150-153.- Decomposing Grains.- from the hills back of Rio, Color brick red, resulting from the Iron in the decomposed Mica. 154-155.- From a very narrow vein of quartz, intersecting the grain near the Hole, just to the East of Pooja Grounds. "Specimens of Ernatocae, Sent to the U.S. State, Dec. 1838" (Signed) James D. Dana From Rio de Janeiro No. = LXV (267).- Lupus.- Color dull blue green. Four posterior pair of legs, mostly blue, anterior purplish; cercopy towards fine blue along the anterior margin.- 4 Specimens y = XLII (342).- Lupa Spiniminea.- Extremities of 4 posterior pair of legs, reddish, cercopy towards purple; anterior legs mostly olive green above, with the extremity of the hand brownish red.- Spines White at base, with brownish red Tips.- 3 Specimens. y - LIII.- Penaeus.- Color mostly grayish blue, or greenish, somewhat clouded. 3 Specimens. n = XXII (335).- Mea.- Color varying: olive green, yellow, more bright- 3 Specimen. x = XLIV.- Penaeus.- light olive green along the back, sides varying to white, with some brown and lake. Outer hairs of tail, fine thick blue, along the inner margin Antennae, with alternat of long rings of white & Brown. 3 Specimens. v - LIV.- Agylla.- Nearly colorless. Spines on the margins of the 3 posterior joints of abdomen, rose-colored.- 2 Specimen v - LXVI.- Agylla.- Nearly colorless, orange, on the legsments, bluish olive green. 4 Specimens. s = VI (306).- Pagurus.- Yellowish brown, somewhat reddish in abdomen, and varying to darker brown, and blackish brown in ante- rrior feet. 1 Specimen. L.- Reptatus.- 3 Specimens. LV - LXX.- Orygoda.- 2 Specimens. Burrows in a beach near Porto (Came through, etc.) * No. 146 has label attached to the Specimen of Ernatocae. The long white mark preceding it is [illegible]