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e'. Body everywhere with small round pale spots. 



CONSTELLATUS, 2208. 



ce'. Body without stellate spots. 



/'. Second anal spine longer than third. 



g'. Mandible scaly; the 5 large pink blotches washed 

 with orange ; general color light orange, overlaid 

 with blackish ; interorbital space rather broad. 



UMBKOSUS, 2209. 

 gg'. Mandible naked; pale blotches on sides surrounded 

 by purple shades; lieail with purplish above. 

 h' . Supraorbital ridge rather high, with spines. 



EOS.\CEUS, 2210. 



hh'. Supraorbital rid go lower, thicker, and without 



spines. ayresi, 2211. 



ggg'. Mandible partly scaly; second anal very long; 



cranial ridges very sharp ; pale blotches on sides 



surrounded by green shades, no purple, 



HHODOCHLOEIS, 2212. 



gggg'. Mandible and maxillary scaly; dorsal rather high; 



interorbital fiattish with deep median groove; 



pale blotches washed or faded. eos, 2213. 



/'. Second anal spine about as long as third ; mandible naked ; 



no syniphyseal knob. gilli, 2214. 



rfd'. Dorsal spines very high, the highest \ the length of head ; body above 



with many small round green spots. Second anal spine much 



longer than third; mandible naked. chlorostictus, 2215. 



cc'. No round blotches of pink on sides of back. Nuchal spines present. 



BTJPESTRIS, 2216. 

 HiSPANicus ('lo-jrai'ia, Spain ; io-wavos, Spaniard; Spanish flag): 

 aa'. Supraocular spine wanting. 



i' . Mandible scaly ; peritoneum dusky or black. 



j. Lower jaw only slightly or not at all projecting; peritoneum jet-black. 

 A'. Mouth and gill chamber jet-black. D. XIII, 12, A. Ill, 5. Lower 

 jaw not projecting. sinensis, 2217. 



kV . Koof of mouth posteriorly dusky, buccal and branchial cavities 

 otherwise white; lower jaw a little projecting. D. XIII, 14 or 

 15 ; A. Ill, 7 or 8. zacentrus, 2218. 



ii' . Lower jaw much projecting; sides above with irregular horizontal inter- 

 rupted olive-green bands ; peritoneum dusky. D. XIII, l.S ; A. Ill, 6. 



ELONGATUS, 2219. 



iV . Mandible naked; peritoneum pale or white. Body usually deep. 



V. Scales on head mostly cycloid; lower jaw projecting; head large, pointed- 

 m'. Second anal spine 4i in head; color pink, with 4 interrupted cross 

 bars of black; back sometimes dusky. 



L.T.vis, 222n. 

 •mm'. Second anal spine»2J in head, much stronger than third ; color 

 pinkish white, banded with deep crimson. 



KUBEIVINCTUS, 2221. 



IV. Scales on head ctenoid; lower jaw usually included; second anal spine 

 little enlarged. 

 n' . Nuchal spines none. Body not barred with black. Interorbital 

 space widening markedly from before backward. 

 AUCTOSPINA {auctus, self; spi7ia, spine) : 

 0'. Coronal spines usually present; color brownish, mottled. AfEicrLATUS, 2222. 

 00'. Coronal spines none; ridges with entire edges. 

 PtEROPODUS (iTTepov, wing; ttou's, foot) : 

 p'. Gill rakers extremely short, most of them as wide as high; general color 

 dusky greenish. eastrelliger, 2223. 



