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and grayish area before base. Ventral grayish, tip dusky. Length 

 5| inches. 



Another example differs in having only a few dusky dots behind 

 dark lines from eye above, all of which interrupted, and no dark 

 dots above. Greenish-yellow of front of back extends on lower side 

 of head below eye. Spinous dorsal without dark vermiculations. 

 Transverse lines on caudal forking and irregular. Length 5-^ 

 inches. 



Iridio bivittatus (Bloch). 



One 6 inches. 



St. Lucia. 



A small collection was made at Castries on February 24. But 

 few species have been listed from this island. 



Lebistes reticulatus (Peters). 



Regan, Proe. Zool. Soc. London, 1913, p. lOOS, fig. 173d (intromittent 



organ ) . 

 Myriapristis jacobus Cuvier. 

 One 4f inches. 



Mycteroperca venenosa (Linnaeus). 



Jordan and Eigenmann, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VIII, 1890, p. 369. 



Hypoplectrus unicolor cblorurus (Valenciennes). 



One 4f inches. 



Priacanthus cruentatus (Lac6pMe). 



One 5| inches. 



Bathystoma rimator (Jordan and Swain). 



One 6 inches. 



Corvula subsequalis (Pooy). 



C. sanctcE-lucioi Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1889, p. 649. 

 Clepticus parrse (Schneider). 



Color when fresh brilliant purple, with bright ultramarine-blue 

 spots scattered over the back and sides irregularly (fading blackish 

 in alcohol). Iris dusky, narrow golden circle around pupil. Under 

 surface of head pale brownish. Scaly dorsal bases brilliant dark 

 purple, membranes of fin black, though last three rays and mem- 

 brane in contrast white. Scaly anal base pale, membrane same, 

 last rays white and median rays jet-black terminally. Caudal purple- 

 black, pointed lobes jet-black, and hind edge white. Pectoral 

 duskj'-gray, paler below. Ventral grayish basally, whitish terminally. 

 One example, 7| inches long. Rare. 



