542 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxi. 



SICYDIUM PLUMIERI (Bloch). 



D. VI-I, 10; A. I, 10; scales about 76, transverse 23 to 25. Scales 

 ctenoid; each scale with a brown area covering the exposed portion 

 except the serratures, which are wiiitisb. The general color is dark 

 brown, with numerous blotches of darker forming cross bands lighter 

 underneath ; pectorals, caudal, and margins of dorsal and anal, blackish. 

 In the small example, '6^ inches long, there is a black lateral band; 

 traces of this appear in a few of the larger examples, but with age the 

 lateral band seems to break up into cross bands. 



Seventeen specimens, ranging in length from 3^ to 6^ inches, were 

 obtained at Santa Maria, Mexico, February 14, 1894. ISTo. 45486, 

 U.S.N.M. 



CHONOPHORUS MEXICANUS Gunther. 



One fine specimen, S^ inches long, obtained at Santa Maria, February 

 14, 1894. No. 45485, U.S.N.M. 



GOBIOMORUS DORMITATOR Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



D. VI, 11; A. 11; scales 57, 21 in a transverse series. Interorbital 

 space narrower than in typical species from Dominica. 



An individual Ih inches long was obtained at Santa Maria, February 

 14, 1894. No. 45484, U.S.N.M. 



