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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADE1VI.Y OF 



[March, 



NEW, EARE OR LITTLE KNOWN SCOMBROIDS, NO. 3. 



BY HENRY W. ^O^VLER. 



CHLOROSCOMBRIN^. 



Chloroscombrus hesperius sp. nov. Fig. 1. 



Head 4; depth 2i; D. i, VIII-I, 26; A. II-I, 25; P.'ii, 17; V. I, 5; 

 scale.s 98? (squamation injured) in lateral line to base of caudal; depth 

 of head, over middle of orbit, Ij^ in its length; width of head 2^; 

 mandible 2; third dorsal spine 2y\; second dorsal ray 2; first anal ray 

 2^^; ventral 2^; snout 3f in head, measiu*ed from tip of upper jaw; 

 eye 2f; maxillary 2^; interorbital space 3f ; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 5^; upper caudal lobe 3^ in head and trunk; pectoral 2f . 



Body rather shorter than in C. chrysurus, strongly compressed, 



Chloroftcombrns hesperms Fowler. 



ovoid, lower profile much more convex than upper and greatest depth 

 at base of spinous anal. Caudal peduncle long, slender, compressed, 

 and its least depth about 3 in its length. 



Head deep, compressed. Snout short, forming obtuse profile, upper 

 surface convex and upper jaw little produced. Eye rather large, 



