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Tills t^pecies, the jyart/o amariUo of the Mazatlan fisbermtu, is geu- 

 erally common on tlie Pacific coast of Mexico and Central America. 

 It bears considerable resemblance to L. caxis, jocu, and griscus, but is 

 distinct from all of these. 



Our specimens are from Mazatlan and Guayinas. specimens from 

 Panama are in the musenm at Cambridge. 



10. LUTJANUS LUTJANOIDES. 



Ocyuruii lutjanoidcs Poey, Auu. Lye. Niit. Hist., ix, 31'J, 1871 (Cnlja). 

 Lufjanus lufjanoidcs Poey, Euumeratio, 1875, 30; Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 



Habitat: Cuba. One specimen known. 



Etymology: Lufjanus: el'Jw?, form. 



This species is known to us only from the description of Poey, who 

 has suggested the possibility of its being a hybrid between 0. chnjsurus 

 and L. caxis. It is not unlikely that it is a hybrid, but its smaller 

 scales suggest its relationship to L. jocil rather than to L. caxis. 



11. LUTJANUS BUCCANELLA. (Sesi de lo Alto ; Oreille Noire.) 



ilesojn-ion huccanella Cuv. & Val., ii, 1828, 455 (Martiuique) ; Guichcuot, Ramon do 

 la Sagra, Cuba, 23 (Cuba); Glinther, i, 198 (Cubii, Jamai(;a). 



Lutjanu.i huccanella, Poey, Synop.sis, 18(38, 295; Poey, P^nuuu'ratio, 27; Jordan & 

 Swain, 1. c; Jordan, 1. c, 1889, 648 (St. Lucia). 



Mesoprion caudanotatua Poey, Memorias, i, 440, about 1858, tab. 3, f.* 2 (Cuba, 

 young); Poey, Repert., ii, 158, 1868. 



Habitat: West Indies. 



Etymology: Boucanellc, a name used in Martinique. 



This small and strongly marked species is common in the deeper 

 waters about Havana, and is knoAvn in the markets as scsi or scsi de 

 lo alto. A specimen was taken by the Albatross at St. Lucia. The 

 synonymy of the species ofiers no difficulty. A young specimen Avas 

 once described by Poey as a distinct species under the name of 

 Mesoprion caudanotatus, but its identity with L. huccanella is un- 

 questionable. 



12. LUTJANUS VIVANUS. (Pargo de lo Alto; Silk Snapper.) 



Mesoprion vivanus Cuv. &. Val., ii, 454, 1828 (Martinique) ; Jordan, Proc. Ac. Nat. 

 Sci.Pbila. 1883, 286; Jordan, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1886 (examiual ion of type.s) 

 (not Lufjanus vivanus JoYihm & Swain). 



Lufjanus riranus, Jordan, 1. c, 1889, 648 (St. Lucia). 



Mesoprion aya Cuv. & Val., ii, 1828, 457 (San Doiniugo); Guichenot, Ramon dr la 

 Sagra, Hist. Cuba, 24 ((hiba) ; Giiuther, i, 198, 1859 (Jamaica) ; I'ocy, Rejicr- 

 torio Pise. Cubens., I, 1867, 267 (probably not Bodiauus ana Piloeh). 



Mesoprion profundus Poey, Memorias, ii, 150, 1860 (Cuba); Poey, Repertorio, ii, 1868, 

 157; Poey, Synopsis, 1868, 294. 



L^utjanus profundus Poey, Euumeratio, 1875, 28; Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 



Lufjanus purpureus Poey, Euumeratio Pise. Cubens., 1875, 29 (nanui taken from Mes- 

 oprion purpureus Cuv. & Val., ii, 471, 1828; the niuw purpureus evidently 

 a slip of the pen for aija). 



Lufjanus forridus Cope, Trans. Am. Pbilos. Soc. 468, 1869 (St. Kitts). 



