150 ARGVS CYCHLA. 



taken from the water, and is taken in the same way 

 as Nos. 45 and 46, also with the arrow." 



To the conclusion of Humboldt's observations on 

 these fishes, Valenciennes adds the description of one 

 from the Museum of the Garden of Plants, which 

 seems to agree wdth the above Number of Schom- 

 burgk's drawings. He states the spots to be ocel- 

 lated with white, with, however, a? The spirits 

 may have withdrawn the colour. The formula of 

 the fins of the Parisian specimen is, 



D. 18/15~P. 12— V. 5— A. 5/9— C. 13. 



