398 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou 55. 



mai'ginatus Lacepede and Le Sueur; HeTniramphus flamentosus 

 Poey.) It has the pectorals longer than in that species, the body 

 rather more slender, the scales smaller,^ the last ray of dorsal and 

 anal less produced, while it lacks the deep orange shades on dorsal 

 and caudal so conspicuous in the Escribano. 



I think that Jordan and Evermann ^ were quite right in identifying 

 this fish with Hemiramphus halao of Le Sueur, from Guadeloupe, 

 Martinique, and Santo Domingo. 



Le Sueur's fish is said to have the anal fin half as long as the dorsal, 

 the rays being, as in the other, D. 14, A. 12 (the last, split ray in each 

 being counted as two). According to Le Sueur, the caudal is bluish, 

 and the pectoral a third shorter than the lower mandible, but longer 

 than in FI. mm^ginatus {hrasiliensis) ^ all the fins being longer than in 

 the latter species and the body more slender. Heinircmiphus inacro- 

 chirus Poey, from Habana, is clearly identical with Hemiramphvis 

 halao. The synonymy of these species, as given by Jordan and Ever- 

 mann, seems to be entirely correct. 



I may here note an omission in the work of Jordan and Evermann.* 

 The name Tylosurus argalus (Le Sueur) should replace Tylosunis 

 ardeolus (Cuvier and Valenciennes) if the species in question is valid. 

 Le Sueur's Belone argalus was originally described in the Journal of 

 the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (vol. 2, p. 12.5, 

 1823). 



iThe statement of Valenciennes that tbe scales in his Hemiramphus browni are 65 

 Is an error. I counted 52 In his types In the museum at Paris. (Martinique, P16e.) 

 2 Fishes of North and Middle America, vol. 1, p. 23, 1896. 

 * Fishes of North and Middle America, vol. 1, p. 713. 



