536 TYPES OF FISHES IN PARIS MUSEUM. 



very explicit, but tli<* coloration seems best to represent tlie species 

 with contiuiious stripes, the H. honanensc ofCuv. & Val. This speci- 

 meu I failed to find when in Paris. 



Since the above was in type, M. Thouiinot informs nie that he has 

 found this specimen, and that in the direction of its scales, as well as 

 in other chaiacters, it agrees with the Mccmulon chromis C. & V., not 

 with Hcvmulon bonariense. The iJiabasis parra Desmarest is therefore 

 identical with Hivmulon acxtum Poey. The earliest certain name for the 

 present species [ovntvm) is therefore HiEMULON parra Desmarest. 



43. Haemulon xanthopteroii. 



I failed to tiud the type of this species. A specimen from Bahia, 

 labelled Hamulon xaiifhopfenon, belongs to the species called Hcemu- 

 Ion aciiUnn, the H(cmulon parra of this paper. 



44. Hcemulon bonarieiise. (Ciiv. & Yal., v, 2;M, 18:50.) 



A small specimen (.15"") from Buenos Ayres: Baillou. 



This is the Ha'miilon parrw of Jordan and Swain, having the series 

 of scales from the scapular scale extending to the front of the second 

 dorsal, and the color marks on the scales forming continuous stripes. 

 As this species is not tlu^ original T>iahash imrra. it may stand as 



HAMULON BOTs^AElENSE. 



45. Haemulon maciostonia. (Giintber i, 308.) 



Specimens from St. Croix (Stephens) and irom Bermuda (Jones) la- 

 belled Ifammlon ntacrostoma, in the British Museum, belong to the 

 Ha'miilon carhonarium of Poey. It is, however, not probable that the 

 original t3'i)e — a dried skin from Jamaica — belonged to this species, as 

 the original description agrees neither with //. earhonarinm nor with 

 H. /rem ehun dum . 



46. Haemulon chromis. (Cnv. &. Val., v, 242, 18:50.) 



Specimen in poor order, 17"'; Jamaica; irom the faculty of Mont- 

 pelier. 



This is a veiy pale specimen {alhidwn Poey) of the si)ecies called 

 Hcemidon actitum, by Jordan & Swain. 



It should stan<! as HyEMULon parra. 



47. Haemulon chrysargyreum. (Gihithcr, i, 314.) 



Several specimens examined in the British JMuseum; among tliem 

 the type b. (Trinidad ; J. B, Richardson.) Others are from St. Croix 

 and Fernando Noronha. 



These are identical with Hivmu'on tamiatum of Poey, although some 

 of these are larger in size than any of the latter obtained by me. The 

 depth in the large exam])les is somewhat greater, 3^ in the length, 

 and the maxillary is longer, 2-|-?r in head. The species should then stand 



as HAMULON CHRYSARGYREUM. 



