1897.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 117 



spinous dorsal nearly horizontal behind third spine, the last and 

 highest spine being If in head; soft dorsal somewhat higher, 

 pointed, the eighth and highest ray 1| in head ; anal similar to soft 

 dorsal, its highest ray 1| in head; tip of soft dorsal extending be- 

 yond that of anal, almost to middle length of caudal ; caudal forked, 

 the lobes rounded, the upper a little longer than head, £ longer than 

 lower, middle rays of fin Is in longest; length of pectoral equal to 

 that of lower caudal lobe, a little greater than that of highest dorsal 

 rays, about ItV in head ; veutrals slightly filamentous, extending 

 beyond origin of anal, slightly longer than the upper caudal lobe ; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle greater than its length, 2£ in head ; 

 a row of scales on the membrane of every ray in the vertical fins, 

 those on spinous dorsal larger and extending nearly to margin, 

 those on soft portions of vertical fins smaller (the rays being close 

 together) and extending about halfway to margins; axillary scale 

 of ventral not much developed. Nearly uniform dusky, the tips of 

 the scales lighter, thus forming more or less distinct vertical streaks 

 of light and dark ; fins uniformly black ; a dark spot at upper base 

 of pectoral and another at lower; opercle darker than surrounding 

 parts ; a few very faint light points below eye. 



The specimens here described have been compared with specimens 

 of Eupomacentrus fuscus of similar size, from Albrolhos Islands, 

 Brazil, with which species they are most closely related. Our speci- 

 mens have the caudal more deeply forked, the dorsal and anal 

 higher, the vertical fins less densely scaled, the axillary scale shorter, 

 much longer ventrals, the caudal and pectorals not lighter than 

 other fins ; and two dark-brown spots at base of pectoral, and the axil 

 entirely black. 



This description is based on two specimens 4 in. long. 4,969, L. 

 S., Jr. Univ. Mus. 



134. Chromis multilineatus Guichenot. 



Heliases multilineatus Guichenot, Sagra, Poiss. Cuba, 76, 1855, Havana, in 

 part. 



Furcaria puncta^Poey, Mem., II, 195, 1860. 



Head 3| ; depth 2f in length ; eye 3i in head; dorsal XII, 11 ; 

 anal II, 12 ; scales 4-28-9 ; branchiostegals 5 or 6. 



Body elongate, both curvatures about equal, head slightly concave 

 in front of eye : eye low, a line from tip of snout to tip of opercle 

 passing through lower edge of pupil ; maxillary slipping under pre- 

 orbital, its tip below anterior margin of orbit ; a band of villiform 

 teeth in each jaw, in front of which is a single row of conical 

 pointed teeth, the most anterior larger, especially in lower jaw; no 



