198 TEKClDiE. 



its length and in the open notch above the angle ; the inferior 

 limb is entire. Suprascapnla obtusely denticulated. The glosso- 

 hyal is oblong, and covered with tine villiform teeth ; the urohyal 

 tei-minates posteriorly in two elongate points, with a semiciix-ular 

 notch between. 



There are ten abdominal and fourteen caudal vcrtcbne, the length 

 of the former portion of the column being to that of the caudal as 

 1:1-4. The first interha^mal sj)ine is strong, dagger-shaped, with a 

 longitudinal groove on each side, and equal to the length of the 

 second vertebra to the eighth. 



16. Mesoprion buccanella. 



Mesoprion buccanella, Cuv. Hf Val. ii. p. 455 ; Guichen. in Raman de 

 la Sar/ra, Hist. Cuba, Poiss. p. 23. 



D.i^. A.|. L. lat. 54. L. transv. 8/17. 



The height of the body is 31 in the total length, and^nearly equal 

 to the length of the head ; the diameter of the eye is one-fourth of 

 the latter, and 1| in the length of the snout ; the upper profile of 

 the head oblique, straight, the lower nearly horizontal. Suprasca- 

 pnla and praeoperculum serrated, the latter with a slight notch ; knob 

 of interoperculum flat, conspicuous. Caudalis emarginate, pectorals 

 just reaching the anal. The fourth and fifth dorsal spines longest ; 

 the second and third of the anal fur nearly equal in length. Uniform 

 yellowish oUve (in a dried state), with indistinct oblique streaks 

 above the lateral line, and with longitudinal ones beneath ; base of 

 the pectoral deep black. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Fine specimen. Cuba. From the Collection of the Zoological 

 Society. 



b-e. Adult : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



f, q. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. From Mr. Scrivener's Collection. 



7(.' Half-grown: stuffed. West Indies. From Mr. Scrivener's Col- 

 lection. 



)'. Adidt: stuffed. America. 



17. Mesoprion aya. 



Acaraaya, Marynae, pp. 167, 168. 



Bodianvis aya, Bl. t. 227 ; Lacrp. iv. pp. 286, 287. 



ruber, BI. SeJui. p. 330. 



Mesoprion aya, Cia: <!(■ T'e//. ii. p. 457 ; (riiiclicn. in Banion fie la S'af/ra, 

 Hid. Cuba, 7\((s.s. p. 24. 



D. {^. A. |. L. lat. 05, L. transv. 10/22. 



The length of the head is nearly equal to the height of the body, 

 and ;3| in the total ; the diameter of the eye is 41 or 4| in the length 

 of the head, and If in that of the .snout. Jaws "equal in front ; the 

 ui)i)cr maxillary reaches slightly beyond the vertical from tlie front 



