306 PEISTIPOMATID^. 



the middle of the eye. The eleventh and twelfth dorsal spines are 

 nearly equal in length. CaudaUs forked. The side of the head with 

 eleven or twelve bluish, waving longitudinal streaks, edged vnth 

 brownish, and not extending on the trunk. 

 Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



a. HaK-grown. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



b, c. Fine specimens. Pernambuco. Presented by J. P. Smith, Esq. 

 (/, e. Adult : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 

 f,g. Adult: stuffed. 



2. Hsemulon elegans. 



Anthias formosus, JBl. taf. 323 ; £1. Schn. p. 305. 

 Hffimulon elegaus, Cuv. S,- Vul. v. p. 227 ; Ciu\ R^gne Anim. III. Poiss. 

 pi. 30. f. 1. 



D. }|. A. -. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 8/16. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 3i in 

 the total ; the diameter of the eye is 1| in the length of the snout 

 and 3^ in that of the head. The snout is compressed, elongate ; the 

 cleft of the mouth wide ; the upper maxillaiy reaches to below the 

 middle of the eye. The eleventh and twelfth dorsal spines are nearly 

 equal in length ; caudalis forked. Sides of the head and of the 

 body with seven or eight waving, light-blue longitudinal bands, 

 edged wdth brownish. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult. 



b. Half-grown : bleached. Old Collection. 



e-e. Adult and half-gro^ni : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's 



Collection. 

 /. Young. 



f/, 7(. Half-grown. From the Haslar Collection, 

 t. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 

 k-n. Adult : stuffed. 

 0. Adult : stuffed. Old Collection. 



3. Hsemulon microphthalmum. (Plate XVII.) 



D. {|. A. |. L. lat. 55. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 3| in 

 the total. The eye is small, its diameter being one-sixth of the 

 length of the head, and contained 2^ in the length of the snout. 

 TLe cleft of the mouth is rather wide, but the upper maxiUary does 

 not reach to the vertical from the anterior raargia of the eye. Prse- 

 operculum with the posterior limb very slightly emarginate, finely 

 and equally serrated. Dorsal fin not deeply notched, mth the spines 

 of moderate strength ; the fourth is the longest, and 21 in the length 

 of the head ; caudal forked. The second anal spine very strong, 

 longer than the third, two-thirds of the fourth dorsal spine. Vertical 



