BOTHIN^ 



length of head ; interorbital width ij to ?J tfmes (5 o7 Wn fTf, ^* '° "^^""'y ■♦ '" 

 ?) diameter of eye ■ anterior edseal LJJT *;?* °"^ i to a httle more than once 



part (?) of lower.' Male ^:[ ^a spTne on Te sn^ut an'd%Ce;;,r "'''' '^' "' """"'' 

 of each eye. Maxillary extending to hflnw l,T ''"'^ g'^^^f^^y one or two in front 

 length 3i to 4 m head.^8 or gsK.ltraTerron lower '^'^ ?^ f^'^-^ ""'^ '^'^y°°d. 

 ctenoid on ocular side, cycloid on blind sTde °- to "s .^i^t m''"""" ?^''^ ^^'^'^ 

 Anal 59-68. Pectoral of ocular side with lo ravs .f,.., '"'• ^°""^' 79-91. 



longed in the male. Caudal pointed 4le browmsror Z''^- "u '^-' '^T'^"*'^^ P^"" 

 round spots of darker grey, and with irregular nnler^n^ ^ ^'"^i "T""^ "''^'^ ^"^^'l 

 enclosing areas of the ground cXrmed an fin^^ '^^T^''^, ^^^''^ ^"**^ d^'^'^e^- 

 series of small dark spots ; body with so^e darker.n";''''''^/"'""'*^'^' ^"^^ ^"th a 

 at junction of straight and curved parts oTlatera^ 1 ne'^^nH "" .^'^l^ "^'^"^^ '^'°''='^ 



S;fc™HNy°E^7MU'r" '"'-' °' •'"'"'^^' ^^^ ^-g I^'-d to Rio de Janeiro.^ 



1 ("5 mm.). Bermudas. , 



2 32. 68 mm.). Kev West, Florida I""?' 



I (57 mm.). luiiua. Jordan. 



^ {^^ m^.)." Lt-larva. ^^ ^--^"^''f ' t:^-" ""■ 



2 (104, 117 mm.). ^3^;;-^ '5 ^■' ' '■"■ "Terra Xova." 



9 (60-95 mm.). Ri„ de Janeiro. Terae.T'"' 



^^^Also 100 from the West Indies (Leiden Mus.), and one from Ne Jort (Mus. Comp. 



furth^^^e^^'etrairaTes^^d oTloTh^ t^ef't "j^^ ""'"hT'^ '"'' '^'' -'*^°- 

 Examples from the Bermudas F°orida and P- '7P°/^'bIe to settle this point. 



deeper body and a smaller e^; -^n^^e-rL^amTrr r^Sis^e^appUTxTc^tf; 



two^s5:cSS:i°;iS:.n1rg\f Sy^'"''^"%^r^^ •^^"^^■^'^ *° ^'^ -P--nted by 

 These^ which ha^Vteer^artly^dn^d in th^T^nTe^oreT^""" "345) 



examined by Col. Tenison who regards thel^^'^^^^^^^^ 

 B.o«//a/»5descnbed above ^ ' identical with the examples of 



doubtf^ther -i^rr-r^cefdrxro 'Z. '" *°*^' '^"^''' '^'^ "P^ — , and it is 



2. BOTHUS PODAS (Delaroche). 



PlfuronecUs podas, Delaroche, iSog, Ann Mus H V (P=ri=i •■, , 



PUuroneaes argus. R.sso, iS.o. Ichth Nice p ,1, ' '' "'" '=''*■ ?' 354- 



Pleuronectes mancus Inon Broussonetl Ri«r,' i«,„ i^k.u >- 



flort« r„mu/., Rafinesque, 18,0 Car' n ge'n ^'^f "' ^^ '"^■ 



SoUarhomboide, Rafinesque, iSio, Ind. itt Sicil on i.. ^, 



Bothus diaphanus, Rafinesque, 1814, Precis Som.,'p 17. 



the Atlantic as far as about 35° W. spec.es. If this is so, the larval forms extend into 



