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No. 2738rt-r, 1.7-1.0 cm., Sfio .Antonio dc Ciuaport'-, July 28-31, i<>()9. 



No. 2731), 1.5 cm., Manaos, in a cioei<, Nov. 29, 1909. 



No. 2740(;-/), 1.1 cm., Posada, Campos de Matto Cirosso, swamiiy 



plains ot Kio .\Ici;i'c, June 21, li)Ov). 



They have caudal sjxjts, i)ars below the eyes, dorsal dark-cd^cd, 

 and one has a faint lateral hand with a spot on it. 



The last se\-en specimens agree eciualU' well with //. coruiiihcc or 

 //. Icctiiatnni, and not exactly with either. None have the typical 

 stripies of //. coritnibcc, but in other details they are nearly identical. 



Geophagus anuniiis is a synon\ni of this species. 



59. Heterogramma taeniatum pertense, var. nov. (Plate LXVI.) 

 No. 2741, type, 2.7 cm., Manaos, No\-. 29. 



Depth 3.37; head 3.25; eye 2.67 in the head, greater than the 

 snout and the interorbital space, and fully three times the preorbital 

 width; membranes between the first dorsal spines not black; vertical 

 fins red- and white-spotted; each row of scales both above and below 

 the lateral line with dark-edged scales. Otherwise like //. tcEniatum. 

 No. 2742, 2.2 cm., Santarem, Rio Tapajos, Dec. 10, 1909. 



Like the above specimen e.xcept that there is no distinct lateral band. 



60. Heterogramma corumbae Eigenmann and Ward. (Plate LX\TI.) 

 No. 2752, 2.5 cm., Sao Luiz de Caceres, Rio Paraguay, May 24, 1909. 



Indistinct strij^cs along the scales of the lower half of the body. 

 No. 2753, 3 cm., Corumba. Rio Paraguay, May 9, 1909. 



Only two faint stripes behind the base of the pectorals; depth 3; 

 head 2.5; caudal peduncle three-fourths as long as deep; upper lateral 

 line with twelve developed pores; diameter of the eye 3 in the 

 head; A. Ill, 5; otherwise as described by Regan. 

 No. 2754, 2.3 cm., Villa Hays, Paraguay, April 13, 1909. 



The stripes typical of this species are very distinct, but the \ertical 

 fins are almost colorless. 

 No. 2755. 3 cm., Sao Luiz de Caceres, Rio Paraguay, May 27, 1909. 



61. Heterogramma ortmanni Eigenmann. 



No. 2~^~a-k, 1.7-3 cm., Bastos. Rio Alegre of the Guapore, June 26, 



1909. 

 No. 2756, 3.1 cm., Manaos, Nov. 30, 1909. 



.\. Ill, 5; 1). X\', 6; depth 2.5; head 3; interorbital space 3.33 in the 

 head; last dorsal sjjine a little more than half the length of the head; 

 otherwise like the typical form. 



