1903.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 331 



7. Haemulon plumierii (LactJpMe). 



1800. Labrus Plumiqrii Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, pp. 432, 480, 

 Plate 2, fig. 2; Amerique. 



Color in alcohol brassy grayish-brown, darker on the upper surface. 

 Side with many Ught bkie Unes, each one bordered with deep slaty, 

 mostly longitudinal, and those running from the pectoral and ventral 

 very oblique. Fins dusky, and the margins of the membranes of the 

 spinous dorsal narrowly deep brown. Base of ventral dilute greenish. 

 Inside of the base of pectoral yellowish with bluish lines. A brown 

 bar across base of the pectoral. Inside of the mouth, and lower lip 

 posteriorly, orange-red. Outer portion of first ventral ray whitish. 



One example 7^ inches long, from lower Biscayne Bay. 



SPARID^. 



8. Calamus bajonado (Schneider). 



1801. [5parus] Bajonado Schneider, Syst. Ichth., p. 284. (Based on Bajo- 

 nado Parra, Descr. Piez. Hist. Nat., 1787, p. 13, PI. 8, fig. 1; Cuba.) 



Color in alcohol brassy-brown, the margin of each scale with a nar- 

 row darker submarginal border. Back, a little deeper than the lower 

 surface, which is washed with silvery. A dull bluish line below the 

 eye running forward toward the tip of the snout. Below this an in- 

 distinct bluish line, and also several bluish spots on the cheek. A 

 bluish line across the upper edge of the opercle. Two narrow bluish 

 lines running out from the front of the eye. A dusky band from the 

 lower rim of the orbit to the corner of the mouth, and across the mandi- 

 ble. Vertical fins, and ventral, dull slaty mottled with brownish. Pec- 

 toral pale brownish-white. Axil of pectoral pale yellowish. Perito- 

 neum silvery. Iris flesh-colored, upper anterior portion dusky. 



One example 7^ inches long, from lower Biscayne Bay. 

 9- Lagodon rhomboides (Linuteus). 



1766. [Spams] rhomboides Linnteus, Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, I, p. 470; in 

 America (Coll. D. Garden). 



Color in alcohol dusky-olivaceous on the back, merging into silvery- 

 white on the lower surface. About seven vertical dusky cross-bands, 

 with as many narrower and indistinct ones between. A deep brown 

 blotch on the lateral line above the base of the pectoral. Side with 

 eleven longitudinal slaty-blue bands, the intervening spaces more or 

 less gilded. Fins, with the exception of the ventrals, pale dusky, the 

 basal portions of the dorsals with many large gilded spots. Anal 

 more or less pale golden. Ventral whitish with a large golden basal 

 blotch. Iris clouded with dusky. 



One example 4f inches long, from New river, Fla. 



