450 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



Genus Aprion Cuvier. 

 80. Aprion virescens (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 Seen at Colombo, but not taken. 



Genus Apsilus Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Si. Apsilus fuscus Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Seen in the market at Colombo, but not taken. 



Genus Aphareus Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



82. Aphareus furcatus (Lacepede). 



No. 8092a, C. M. A specimen twelve inches long was collected. 

 Unlike a specimen twice as long from Japan it has the jaws well sup- 

 plied with villiform teeth. 



Family H.-EIMULID.'E. 

 Genus Therapon Cuvier. 



83. Therapon jarbua (Forskal). 



No. 8093a, C. M. Two specimens. 



84. Therapon puta Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



No. 8094C-C, C. M. Four specimens collected. 



85. Therapon quadrilineatus (Bloch). 



No. 8095a, C. M. A single specimen. We have compared it with 

 specimens from Formosa, the Philippine Islands, and Queensland. 



Genus Pomadasis Lacepede. 



86. Pomadasis argyreus (Cuvier & Valenciennes) {Prisiipoma 

 guoraka Day, non Bleeker). 



No. 8o97a-&, C. M. Three specimens collected. 



87. Pomadasis maculatus (Bloch). 



No. 8096a, C. ]\I. One specimen collected. A specimen from 

 Aden, Arabia, has the body a trifle deeper and the eye larger. The 

 difference is probably not specific. Our specimen agrees better with 

 examples from the Philippine Islands. 



88. Pomadasis hasta (Bloch). 

 Seen in the Colombo market. 



