1886.] PROCEEDINGS OF UxNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. G^ 



7.— Platyglossus bivittatus. Slqiper;/ Dick; DonccJIa. 



Spams 7-n(U(tUis Liniiicus, Sysl. Nat., oil. XII, 472, lldG (Ciiroliiia; based ou 

 a specimen from Charkstoii, sent by Dr. Garden); Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 

 1278, 1788 (copied); Walbainn, Artedi Pisciuni, 289, 1792 (copied); Blocli 

 & Schneider, Syst. Iclith., 207, 1801 (copied), (not Lahnis radiatus L., ed. 

 X). 



Pla1;jgJossus radialiis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 008, 1882 

 (Charleston). 



Labrus bivitlattis Bloch, Iclith., taf. 2^^4, fig. 1, about 1787 (Iroui a ])aiuting 

 by Plumier, made at Martiniiiuo). 



Ichthyaxllus hiviftatu'< Swainson, Class. Fish. »S:c., 232, 1839 (name only). 



PlatyglossKS hiritfafiis Giinlher, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mns., IV, l(i4, 1802 (.Jamaica); 

 Steiudachner, Ichtb. Not iz., VI, 49, 1807 (Barbadoes and Surinam) ; Cope, 

 Trans. Am. Phil. Soc.,v4r)3, 1870 (St. Martin's); Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mns., 40, 1884 (foot-note); Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 136, 1884 (Key 

 West); Bean & Dresel, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 153, 1884 (Jamaica); Jor- 

 dan, Bnll. U. S. Fish Com., 79, 1884 (Key West); Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. 

 Am., 98, 188.^); Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 188.5 (Havana). 



Charojitlis hivitfafus Poey, Syn., 335, 1808 (Havana). 



Labruiipsittacnhis Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss.; Ill, 522, 1800(Martini(iue; from 

 a copy of Plumier's painting). 



Julia jysittacultis Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIII, 337, 1839 (Martinique 

 and Surinam). 



Julis humeraJis Poey, Mem. Cub., II, 212, 1860 (Havana). 



Chwrojitlis humeraUsToej, Syn., 335, 1868 (Havana); Poey, Enumeratio, 108, 

 1875 (Havana). 



Platyglossus /iHm,e)-a7is Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mns., IV, 165, 1862 (Cuba); 

 Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish.N. Am., 603, 1882. 



CliocrojuHs humeralis Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 338, 1879 (Clear 

 Water Harbor). 



Chcerojiilis grandisquamis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 206, 1863 (Beau- 

 fort, N. C). 



Piisa grandisquamis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 374, 1879 (Beau- 

 fort). 



Platyglossus grandisquamis Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. Am., 603, 1882 

 (copied). 



Choerojulis aravgoi Poey, Enumeratio Pise. Cub., 109, 1875 (Havana). 



Platyglossus florealis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 287, 1882 

 (Pensacola). 



Habitat. — West Indian fauuii; Beaufort, N. C, to Brazil. Exces- 

 sively abiuulant along rocky or weedy shores and reefs. 



This species reaches a smaller size than any otlier of our representa- 

 tives of the genus. It is also by far the most common in the waters 

 of Florida and Cuba, and its range extends considerably farther north 

 than any of the others. 



The variations due to age and to character of the bottom arc very 

 considerable, having caused the establishment of several nominal sjte- 

 cies. In the descriptions above mentioned by Professors -Jordan »K: 

 Gilbert of specimens from Charleston, Pensacola, and Key West these 

 variations have been sufiQcientl}" indicated. Our Cuban siiecimcns 

 (from coral sand) are much paler in color than those from farther nt)rth. 

 The dark markings, however, remain similar. In old examples the 



