288 PRisTiPOMAin)^. 



Likewise Pristipoma hicolor (Castelnau, Anim. nouv. ou rares, Amer, 

 Sud, p. 8. pi. 2. f. 2) may prove to be a variety only of the above 

 species, or tlio tj-pe of the species itself, but with the coloration 

 made from life. 



4. Pristipoma virginicum. = 



Margrave, p. 152 (Acara pinima), and p. 148 (Guatucupa juba). 

 Sparus virginious, Linn^Grnel. p. 1278; Bl. Schn. p. 274. 



vittatus, Bl. taf. 26-3. f. 2 (not taf. 275). 



Perca juba, BL taf. 308. T. 2 (very bad). 

 Grammi-stes mauritii, Bl. Schn. p. 185. 



juba, Bl. Schn. p. 184. 



Lutjanus virginicus, Lacep. iv. pp. 197, 199. 

 Sparus jub, Lacep. iv. pp. 4.3, 138. 

 Pristipoma rodo, Cuv. 8f Val. v. p. 274. 



D. _1^. A.-. L. lat. 56. L. transv. 14/16. 



15-17 10 



The profile of the head and nape veiy steep. The height of the 

 body is 2| in the total length, the length of the head four times. 

 The cleh of the mouth is small, the ui)por maxillary not extending 

 to the anterior margin of the orbit. The portions of the dorsal fin 

 scarcely separated by a slight notch ; the spines stout, the longest 

 shorter than the second of the anal, wliicli is one-half the length of 

 the head, Caudahs deeply notched. An oblique brown band from 

 the nape thi'ough the eye to the angle of the mouth ; another, more 

 vertical, from the origin of the dorsal to the root of the pectoral ; 

 behind this cross-band six parallel bluish longitudinal bands. 



Atlantic coasts of Tropical America, 



a, b. 13" long : skins. Jamaica, From Dr. Pamell's Collection. 



c. Adult: skin, Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



d. Adult. S, America, Presented by Sir K, Schomburgk. 



e. HaLf-gro^vn. From the Collection of the Zoological Society, 



/, g. Half-grown, From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



h. Adult, From the Haslar Collection, 



i. Half-grown. From the Haslar Collection, 



Jc, I. Adult: stuffed. 



m, n. Adult: stuffed. Old Collection. 



5. Pristipoma surinamense, 



Ijutjanus surinamensi^, Bhch, taf. 253. 

 Holocentrus gibbosus, Lac^p. iv. pp. 344, 391. 

 Pristipoma surinamense, Cuv. 8f Val. v. p. 273. 



D.li, A.|. 



10 7 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length. The 

 snout is short, not longer than the width of the eye. Dorsal fin 

 notched ; the fourth spine longest ; the second anal spine strong. 

 Caudalis somewhat rounded. Body mth irregular blackish cross- 

 bars. 



Surinam, 



