306 PBISTIPOMATID,^. 



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

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

 eleven or twelve bluish, waving longitudinal streaks, edged with 

 brownish, and not extending on the trunk. 

 Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



a. Half-grown, From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

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

 d, e. Adult : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. PameU's Collection. 

 /, g. Adult : stuffed. 



2. Haemulon elegans. 



Anthias formosus, Bl. taf. 323 ; Bl. Schn. p. 305. 

 Hsemulon elegans, Cuv. Sf- Vol. v. p. 227 ; Cuv. JRkgne Anim. III. Poiss. 

 pi. 30. f. 1. 



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



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 3^ 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 maxillary 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 with brownish. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult. 



h. Half-grown : bleached. Old Collection. 



e-e. Adult and half-grown : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's 



Collection. 

 /. Young. 



g, h. Half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. 

 /. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 

 k-n. Adult : stuffed. 

 0. Adult : stuffed. Old Collection. 



3. Haemulon microphthalmum. (Plate XVII.) 



D. |§. A. |. L. lat. 55. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 31 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. 

 The cleft of Iho mouth is rather wide, but the upper maxiUaiy does 

 not reach to the vcitical from the anterior margin of the eye. Prae- 

 operoulum with the posterior limb very slightly emarginate, finely 

 and equally sorrHtcd. Dorsal fin not deeply notched, with the spines 

 of moderate si length ; the f'oui-th is the longest, and 2^ in the length 

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

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



