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A second specimeu, in very bad condition, has since been obtained 

 by ns from the same source. In this the undigested parts of the head 

 and body are of a deep crimson. Probably all the deep-water species 

 of this genus will be found to be red in life. 



8. Prionotus stearnsi. 



riio»otus stearnsi Jordan «fe Swaiu, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 541, 1884 (Peusa- 

 cola; youug) ; Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. Am., ll.'i, 1885; Jordan, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., 1886, (Pensacola; adnlt.) 



Habitat. — Gulf of Mexico ; in deep water. Known only from the 

 Snapper Banks, off Pensacola. 



This species is known only from two specimens, both taken on the 

 Snapper Banks, at Pensacola, by Mr. Sihis Stearns. The original type 

 is a small specimen, not four inches long. The other is very large, 

 about 13 inches long, larger than any other specimen of Prionotus 

 which we have ever seen. Both specimens have been already described 

 in detail in these Proceedings. In spite of the remarkable differences 

 in appearance of the two specimens, there is lit.ie reason to doubt their 

 specific identity, as very similar differences distinguish the young and 

 old of P. trihnius. According to Mr. Stearns, the large specimen above 

 referred to was in life of a bright crimson red. Of all the species of the 

 genus the present one has the spines of the head least developed, its 

 upper surface being almost smooth. 



9. Prionotus strigatus. 



Triffia liiieata Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. New York, i, 430, 1814, plate 



iv, fig. 4 (New York Harbor) ; (not Trigla Uneala Bloch). 

 Prionotus lineatus Dekay, New York Fauna, Fiabes, 45, 1842, plate iv, &g. 12 



(New York Harbor) ; Storer, Synopsis 50, 1846; Gtinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. 



Mus., ii, 192, 1860. 

 Prionotus erolans var. lineatus Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis Fish. N. Am., 736, 



1883. 

 Trigla strigafa Cuvier, Regne Animal, Ed. 11, 1829 (after evolans Linnteus or 



lineata Mitchill). 

 Prionotus strigatus Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., 86, 1829 (New York); 



Storer, Report Fish. Mass., 12, 1839 (Holmes' Hole) ; Ayres, Bost. Journ. 



Nat. Hist., iv, 25f:, 1842 (Brookhaven, L. I.) ; Linsley, "Cat. Fish Conn., 



1844"; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis Fish. N. Am., 974, 1882 (note); Jor- 

 dan, Cat. Fish. N. Am., 115, 1885 (foot-note). 

 Prionotus pilatus Baird, Ninth Smithsonian Report, 13, 1855 (Beasley's Point, 



N. J.). 

 Prionotus evolans Goode & Bean, Bull. Essex Iu.st., 12, 1879 ; Bean, Proc. U. S. 



Nat. Mus., 84, 1880 (Wood's Holl, Mass. ; Noank, Conn. ; Newport, R. I.) ; 



Goode, Nat. Hist. Aquatic Animals, 255, 1886, plate 71 (Wood's Holl, 



Mass. ) . 



Habitat. — Atlantic coast of the Northern States, Cape Cod to Vir- 

 ginia. 



Our specimens of this species are from near Martha's Vineyarx. 



It is extremely close to Prionotus evolans, of which it should most 

 likely be regarded as a geographical variety. We have, however, as yet 



