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This species is not rare on the west coast of Mexico. We have ex- 
amined numerous specimens collected by Professor Gilbert at Mazatlan. 
The Solea pilosa of Peters, as Dr. Steindachner has already indicated, 
is the same fish. The date of Steindachner’s paper is said to be a little 
earlier than that of Professor Peters. ' 
A specimen of this species is in the museum at Cambridge, collected 
by Professor Sumichrast at Chiapas. 
111. ACHIRUS FONSECENSIS. 
Solea fonsecensis Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 1862, 475 (Gulf of Fonseca). 
Habitat.—Pacific coast of tropical America (Gulf of Fonseca). 
Only the original type of this species, obtained by Sir John Richard- 
son, is yet known. 
112. ACHIRUS PUNCTIFER. — 
Monochir punctifer Castelnau, Aninaux Nouv. ou Rares, Amérique du Sud, 1855, 
80, pl. 41, f. 3 (Rio Janeiro). 
Habitat.—Coast of Brazil. 
We refer a sole (11436, M. C. Z.) from Itabapuana to Monochir puneti- 
fer Castelnau, although the figure published by this author does not 
represent it very well. The black pepper-like spots are much smaller 
in nature than in the picture. The following is Castelnau’s description : 
‘“‘Longueur totale, 12 centimétres; plus grande largeur sans les nageoires, 
7 centimétres ; avec les nageoires, 9 centimétres. Nageoire dorsale de 
48 rayons; anale de 42 rayons; caudale de 16 rayons. Les écailles sont 
fines et Apres, surtout celles dela téte. Le poisson est entiérement d@’un 
_ pbrun vert et couvert, ainsi que les nageoires, de points noirs nombreux 
et assez rapprochés les uns des autres ; en dessous il est d’un brun rou- 
geatre. J’ai trouvé une seule fois ce Monochir au marché de Rio.” 
113. ACHIRUS SCUTUM. 
Solea scutum Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 1862, 475 (Gulf of Fonseca, Panama). 
Habitat.—Pacifie coast of tropical America. 
All that we know of this species is included in the description of Dr. 
Giinther. 
114. ACHIRUS GARMANI. 
Achirus garmani Jordan, sp. nov. (Rio Grande do Sul). 
Habitat.—Coast of Brazil. 
The type of this species is an example in good condition, 6 inches 
long (11246, M. ©. Z.), from “the Rio Grande in South America.” I 
have taken pleasure in naming it for my friend Mr. Samuel Garman, 
curator of ichthyology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, to whose 
kindly aid I have been much indebted in my studies of the South 
American fishes. (D. 58. J.) 
