138 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



33. Limia hoUandi Henn, sp. nov. (Plate XIX, fig. 3.) 



4643, C. M., type, female, 34 mm.; 4643 b-d, C. M., paratjrpes, three 

 females, 13-34 rnm. From Penedo, Rio San Francisco. Haseman. 

 Other specimens collected by Haseman are: 



4635, C. M., seven females, 26-29 "in^- Lagoa, Barreiras, Rio San 

 Francisco. 



4636, C. M., five females, 15-32 mm. Baixa Grande, Rio Paqui. 



4637, C. M., one female, 21 mm. Joazeiro, Rio San Francisco. 



4638, C. M., two females, 27-28 mm. Cachoeira de Pirapora, Rio 

 San Francisco. 



4639, C. M., eleven, three males, eight females, 19-24 mm. Lagoa de 

 Porto, Rio San Francisco. 



4640, C. M., twelve, two males, eight females, two young. 16-26 mm. 

 Boqueirao, Rio Grande, Rio San Francisco. 



4641, C. M., twelve females, 18-27 rnm. Santa Rita de Rio Preto. 



4642, C. M., five females, 18-33 mm. Rio Itapicurii near Timbo, 

 Bahia. 



4644, C. M., one female, 28 mm. Alto da Serra, Sao Paulo. 



4645, C. M., three females, 41-43 mm. Rio Pilao near Santos, Sao 

 Paulo. 



Head 3.8-4.2; depth at origin of dorsal about equal to length of 

 head; caudal peduncle 6.5-6.8 in length, 1.6-1.7 in head. Eye equal 

 to narrowest width of interorbital and 2.6-3 in head. Profile highly 

 arched or humped. Head depressed and broad. 



D. 7; A. 8-9; P. 10; V. 6; scales 27-29 in lateral line; 7 in transverse 

 series. 



Origin of dorsal over last rays of anal. In females the distance from 

 the tip of the snout to the origin of the dorsal about equals that from 

 the origin of the anal to the middle, or end, of the caudal. Ventrals 

 lanceolate, middle rays longest, barely reaching the vent. 



In males the ventrals arise on a prominence directly under the 

 pectorals. They are greatly produced, bear processes near their tips 

 and are about as long as the head. The anal is about 1.5 as long as the 

 head. 



The fins are without color. A single male from Barreiras has the 

 lower portion of the dorsal heavily pigmented and an oblong spot at 

 the base of the caudal. The posterior dorsal rays are not produced. 



A female from Rio Pilao, 42 mm. in total length, contained twenty- 

 four embryos, curled, but seemingly ready for expulsion. 



