350 DEEP SEA FISHES. 
1822. That there may be less doubt about the matter in the absence of the 
works cited, Fleming’s remarks and those he quotes from Home are given 
entire. 
“ Homea. Margin of the mouth bearded. 
“T have ventured to name this genus in honor of Sir Everard Home, who 
has so successfully investigated the aérating and reproductive organs of the 
tribe to which it belongs, and who has pointed out its distinguishing internal 
characters. The trivial name is due to the late illustrious Banks, by whom 
the species was brought to this country from the South Seas. H. Banksii.” 
“Tn an animal brought from the South Seas by Sir Josepn Banks, inter- 
mediate between the lamprey and myxine, but differing so much from both 
as to form a distinct genus, the respiratory organs resemble those of the 
lamprey in the number of the external openings, and the number of bags; 
but these organs, and many other parts differ in the following particulars, 
in which they agree with those of the myxine. There is no appearance, 
whatever, of thorax, nor is the pericardium cartilaginous; the bags are 
flattened spheres placed perpendicularly, their cavities are small, their coats 
elastic, and the internal orifices communicate directly with the esophagus, 
which is small. The zsophagus does not terminate in a valvular slit, but in 
a loose membranous fold; there are two rows of teeth on each side of the 
tongue, bent downwards, long and pointed. There is a posterior nostril, and 
an appearance resembling an uvula. There is a gall bladder, a row of large 
mucous glands on each side of the belly, and there is a mesentery to the 
intestine.” See Home, 1815, Phil. Trans., p. 258, Tab. XII. fig. 1. 
Homea cirrhata. 
Petromyzon cirrhatus Bl. Sch., 1801, Syst. Ichth., 532. 
Homea Banksii Flem., 1822, Phil. Zool., 11, 375. 
Bdellostoma hexatrema Miill., 1834, Abh. Ak. Wiss. Berl., 79. 
B. heterotrema Mill., 1834, 1. ¢., 79. 
B. heptatrema Mill., 1834, 1. ¢., 79. 
B. Forsteri Mill., 1834, 1. c., 80, and 1838, 171. 
B. cirrhatum Giint., 1870, Cat., VIII, 511. 
