12G Mr. C. Tate Hegan on 



tlie teeth are loiij^ and slender, but little compressed and verj 

 feebly tiicuspid at their apices. In M. savanna the vomerine 

 series ends below the posterior edge of the eye, and includes 

 17 or 18 teeth, which are short, compressed, and distinctly 

 tricuspid. Other noteworthy differences are that the anterior 

 canines of the lower jaw are much stronger and the pectoral 

 fins are longer in M. ftrox than in AI. savanna. 



11. Hoplunnis punctatus, sp. n. 



Depth of body, at origin of anal fin, about 50 times in its 

 length ; tail 3| as long as rest of fish. Snout 2i diameter of 

 eye, which is nearly twice the interorbifcal width. Maxillary 

 extending well behind eye. Prajmaxillary with 2 pairs of 

 canines and 2 median teeth behind them ; vomer with a 

 series o£ 5 spaced canines ; maxillary teeth small, biserial ; 

 niandibulary teeth biserial, the outer series small except for 

 2 pairs of canines anteriorly, the inner series small poste- 

 riorly, of about 9 stronger spaced teeth laterally. Dorsal 

 origin in advance of gill-opening, a little farther from eye 

 than latter from end of snout ; pectoral ^ length of snout. 

 Olivaceous above, silvery below j upper parts with numerous 

 small dark spots forming irregular longitudinal series; end of 

 tail blackish. 



A single specimen, 370 mm. in total length. 



Hoplunnis schmidfi, described in 1859 * from an example 

 from Puerto Cabello, ap])ears to differ especially in the more 

 numerous teeth (10 on the vomer, 17 enlarged teeth in the 

 inner niandibulary series) . JJ. diomedianus, Goode & Bean f, 

 is based on a single specimen from the Gulf of Mexico ; it 

 appears to resemble IJ. africanus in having only 6 vomerine 

 teeth, but seems to have a longer tail, the origin of the dorsal 

 fin farther back, &c. Possibly further material may show 

 that neither H. diomedianus nor II. africanus is distinct 

 from II. schviidti. 



12. Vomer setipinnis, Mitch. 

 Both coasts of America ; W. Africa. 



13. Pomadasys juhelini, Cuv. & Val. 



l-l. Larimus peli, Bleek. 



* Kaup, Abhandl. Naturw. Ver. Hamburg, iv. Abh. 2, p. 20, pi. ii. 

 fig-. 4. 

 t Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. xxii. 1896, p. 146, fig. 163. 



