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Head rather elongate, not very blunt in profile; snout very short, 

 not longer than pupil ; eye large, about 3^ in length ; maxillary If in 

 length of head, 5 in length to base of caudal, G^ in total length to tip 

 of caudal; end of maxillary abruptly truncate, not ending in a flexible 

 lamina, the supplemental bone well developed ; lower jaw slightly in- 

 eluded. Teeth in both jaws in a narrow band, the outer slender, en- 

 larged; vomer with about 4 slender teeth; palatines toothless. Gill- 

 rakers long and slender. Gill membranes nearly separate, free from 

 the isthmus. 



Scales very small; lateral line extending to below anterior part of 

 soft dorsal, its length f that of head. 



Dorsal spines not distinguishable from the soft rays, the rays appar- 

 ently fewer than usual, none of them very high, the last ray 2^ in head. 

 Caudal short, apparently truncate, 1\ in head. Anal rather low. Pec- 

 torals 2 in head. Yentrals If. 



CoLOE.. — Somewhat faded ; apparently plain olive green, without 

 bands or spots on body or fins. Vertical fins tipped with blackish. 

 Maxillary with a median blackish stripe. Pectoral with two dusky 

 cross-shades. No black or white on lining membrane of jaws. 



A single specimen in good condition, spewed up by a Eed Snapper at 

 Pensacola. It is numbered 34976 on the National Museum Register. 



This species resembles 0. lonchura in color, but is quite different in 

 other respects. 



33. Emblemaria nivipes Jordan & Gilbert. 



A large specimen sent us by Mr. Stearns was presented to the United 

 States National Museum (No. 33915). It was carefully compared with 

 our types of E. nivipes from Panama, by Dr. Bean, who found no differ- 

 ence of importance. It is therefore provisionally identified with E. 

 nivipes. The occurrence of this form in Florida waters is interesting. 



34. Peristediuin imberbe Poey. 



A small specimen, with the head and caudal fin mostly digested, was 

 taken from the stomach of a Snapper. It does not altogether agree 

 with Poey's account; but as that, too, was taken from a mutilated speci- 

 men, I attacli little weight to the discrepancies. The lower jaw being 

 destroyed, I can say nothing of the barbel; but fi-om the presence of 

 hooked spines on the lower row of plates, I think that this specimen 

 must be different from P. brevirostre Giinther. 



Our specimen has four rows of spinous plates on each side; the occip- 

 ital spines strong. D. VI — ca. 1, 9. 



Scutes 30 in each series. 



35. Scorpaena stearnsi Goode & Bean. 



36. Citharichthys paetulus (Bean) Jor. & Gilb. 



Two specimens, each about a foot in length, in fine condition. The 

 right side, in this si)ecies, is sooty-blackish, not pale as usual in floun- 

 ders. 



