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on the lower part of the sides; spinous dorsal gray, with white lines, 

 and blotches, the upper margin generall}^ with a narrow black crescent; 

 soft dorsal gray, spotted with white, and also with a few dark brown 

 spots; anal blackish, deep at the margin, and near which is a narrow 

 longitudinal blackish line; pectorals with small pale spots above; ven- 

 trals grayish; caudal gray, with dark spots rather large in the center, 

 and its lower rays blackish. The female differs from the male in color, 

 as the black crescent of the spinous dorsal is replaced by a large black 

 ocellus below, and posteriorly the lower rays of the caudal are white; 

 the narrow oblique lines of the sides are absent, and the anal tin is 

 pale or white. 



This description from a large series of specimens from Nagasaki, 

 the largest 8^^ inches, though we have a large specimen, lo^ inches, 

 from Tokjo. 



This species is subject to some variation in color, and the third and 

 fourth dorsal spines are sometimes equal, especially in females, luit it 

 may l)e easily recognized by the lunate margin of the spinous dorsal. 



This species is by far the most abundant of the genus in Japan, 

 being found ever^^ where in sandy bays to the southward of Hakodate 

 and brought in daih" to all markets. Our specimens are from Hako- 

 date, Matsushima, Misaki, Yokohama. Tokyo, Enoshima, Tsuruga, 

 Wakanoura, Onomichi, Kobe, Kawatana, and Nagasaki. The sexes 

 differ consideral)ly. Imt the fan shape of the spinous dorsal fin, its 

 first and last spines being longest, with its pei-uliar coloration, are 

 always diagnostic. 



The species is certainly very close to Calli<»ujinut< cnrvlcornw from 

 the Isle of Bourbon, but the two should not be united without com- 

 parison of specimens. 



(Named for Achille Valenciennes.) 



8. CALLIONYMUS FLAGRIS Jordan and Fowler, new species. 



Call Ion 11 lints jdjioiiiciis .JoKDAX iiiid Sxydek, Proc. T. S. Nat. INIns., 1900, j). 370; 

 Yokohama (not of Houttuyn). 



Head H in length; depth lOi; D. lV-!»; A. ;»; P. 19; V., J, 5. Body 

 elongate, compressed above, the trunk broader than deep and tapering 

 backward. Head compressed, rather narrow, its width two-thirds its 

 length, and its depth 2 in its width; snout rather long, pointed, com- 

 pressed, much greater than the eye, and its depth a little less than its 

 length; eyes close together, on top of the head, directed upward, a 

 little over 1 in the snout, about 4^ in the head's and 2f in its width; 

 mouth small, inferior, the lower jaw projecting a little, and the max- 

 illary reaching a little beyond the nostril; teeth in villiform bands in 

 the jaws; lower lip thick, and broad on each side; preopercular spine 

 with 2 or 3 sharp teeth turned upward, and a sharp spine projecting 

 forward from its base embedded in the skin; head smooth. Gill 



