PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 23 



7. Calamus macrops Poey. 



Calamus macrops Poey, Auu. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y.,1872, 181, pi. vii, f. 3 



(Havana). 

 ? Calamus medius Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 18ft3, 328 (Southern 



Florida). 



This species is imkuowu to us. As Poey's type bad blue lines in 

 the cheek, we refer with doubt the young fish from Southern Florida, 

 described by us (Syn. Fish. K. A., 328) to the present species. The deep- 

 blue spot above base of pectoral attributed to this species is one of the 

 characteristics of C. mihieri, but that species has the eyes small and 

 the cheek plain. 



8. Calamus microps Guich6not. 



Salgo (Sargo) Ramon de la Sagra, Album, Feces de Cuba, MSS., tab. 51, 



1834. 

 PageUus microps Guich^uot, Ramou de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, 188, tab. 3, f. 1 



(Havana); Giiuther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 1,417,1859 (copied). 

 Calamus micropis Guich^not, Revision Pagels, 118 (Cuba); Jordan & Gilbert, 



Syn. Fish. N. A., 18-'3, 928 (copied). 

 Pagellushumilis Poey, Syn. Pise. Cubens., 1868, 308 (Havana). 

 Grammateus humilis Poey, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1872, 182 (Havana); 



Poey, Enum. Pise. Cubeus., 1875, 56. 



This species is unknown to us. Its very small eye (5 in head) would 

 appear to separate it from the other large-scaled species. The water- 

 color drawing of Seiior de la Sagra, now before us, is extremely rude, 

 and useless for purposes of comparison. 



9. Calamus arctifrons Goode »fe Beau. — Grass Porgy; ShadPorgy. 



Calamus arctifrons Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 425 (Pensa- 

 cola) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1883, 928 (description from 

 original type) ; Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884 (Cedar 

 Key). 



Head 3i in length ; depth 2i. D. XII, 12 ; A. Ill, 10. Scales 6-46- 

 12. 



Body comparatively little elevated, the anterior profile evenly curved, 

 very strongly convex forward ; the head is narrowest above, becoming 

 conspicuously wider below ; profile rising but little from nape to front 

 of dorsal. Preorbital deep, 24 to 2^ in head. 



Mouth moderate, maxillary scarcely reaching vertical from front of 

 orbit, 2^ in head. Outer series of teeth anteriorly enlarged, conspic- 

 uously stronger than those of cardiform band, (8 to) 10 in number in 

 each jaw. Molars in three series above and two below, without acces- 

 sory inner series. Eye very small, four-fifths interorbital width, one- 

 half width of preorbital, 4^ in length of head. 



Dorsal spines compressed and rather strong, the longest 2i in head. 

 Anal spines short, the third about 4^ in head. Pectoral short, barely 

 reaching vertical from vent, 3| in length of body. Yentrals about 5 

 in length. Scales large, in five vertical series on cheeks. 



Color in life. — Silvery, bluish or iridescent olive above, the centers 



