EIGENMANN— SIXTEEN NEW PYGIDIID^. 699 



base of its last ray and the middle caudal ray 5.2 in the length ; 

 origin of dorsal equidistant from base of middle caudal rays with 

 middle of ventrals, its last ray over the middle of the anal, the dis- 

 tance between the origin of the dorsal and the base of the middle 

 caudal rays two in the distance between dorsal and snout. 



With many faint spots about as large as the eye ; a dark streak 

 along the middle of the sides, another along the side of the back, 

 and a third along the edge of the belly. 



12. Pygidium reinhardti spec. nov. 

 7078 C, type, 65 mm. Burmier on the Rio Itabira, a tributary of 

 the Rio das Velhas. May 14, 1908. Haseman. 



Head 6.5 ; D. 9.5 ; A. 8.5 counting the minute rudimentary rays in 

 both dorsal and anal; P. 6 ; eye in anterior half of head; interocular 

 3 in the head. Teeth conic. 



Nasal barbel nearly as long as the maxillary barbel which reaches 

 the edge of the gill-membrane. First pectoral ray with its filament 

 equal to the length of the head, much longer than the divided rays ; 

 ventrals reaching beyond the vent, their origin very little nearer tip 

 of pectorals than base of middle caudal rays ; origin of anal under 

 middle of dorsal; distance between the base of the last anal ray 

 and the middle caudal rays five and a half in the length ; caudal 

 narrow, a little longer than the head, the accessory rays inconspicu- 

 ous ; origin of dorsal over middle of ventrals, its distance from the 

 middle caudal rays nearly two in its distance from the snout (19 

 and 36 mm. respectively). 



A broad, dark stripe with notched edges from opercle to middle 

 of caudal, bordered above and below by light bands ; an irregular 

 series of spots below the lower light band ; a series of small spots 

 more or less confluent forming a narrow, dark stripe above the 

 upper light band ; back and fins lightly spotted, a short dark bar in 

 front of the opercle, a longer one above the middle of preopercle. 



13. Pygidium vermiculatum spec. nov. 



Pygidium brasiliensis {non Liitken) Ribeiro (part). Fauna Bra- 

 siliense, IV. {A), 1912, p. 225 (the specimens from Juiz to 

 Fora). 



