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MWL-LID2E. 



45. Upeneus maculatus (Blocli). 



BCI2BNID2EI. 



46. Larimus breviceps Cuv. & Val. 



47. Odontoscion dentex (Cuv. & Val.). 



48. Corvula sanctae-luciae sp. nov. (Type, No. 41732, U. S. N. M.). 



Allied to Corvula subcequalis (Poey), but with a larger mouth, shorter 

 peetoral, and different coloration. 



Head, 3^ in length; depth, 3^; D. XI-I, 23 : A. II, 8; scales, C-46-10. 

 Length of type, 5f inches. 



Body oblong, moderately compressed, the back moderately elevated. 

 Head rather short and blunt, the anterior profile uniform, and slightly 

 arched. Snout short, shorter than eye, 4^ in head. Eye large, 3f in 

 head, a little greater than interorbital space. Mouth considerably 

 oblique, the jaws equal, the preinaxillary in front on the level of lower 

 part of pupil, the maxillary extending to beyond Hue of middle of 

 pupil, 2| in head ; teeth of upper jaw in a narrow baud, the outer 

 moderately enlarged ; teeth of lower jaw moderate, not quite equal, 

 almost in one series ; preopercle with its membranous edge finely den- 

 tate ; gill rakers long and slender, about x + 15. Scales large and 

 firm, those above lateral line anteriorly in series parallel with the 

 lateral line ; at a point below last dorsal rays each series is suddenly 

 bent upward, and then again becomes horizontal. Rows of scales be- 

 low lateral line horizontal and nearly straight. Dorsal spines slender; 

 soft dorsal and anal scaly at base; caudal (broken) apparently subtrun- 

 cate ; pectoral very short, in head, reaching about to eighth dorsal 

 spine; anal small, inserted backward, its second spiue moderate. Dis- 

 stance from insertion of ventral to first anal spine one and one-fifth 

 times depth of body. Coloration silvery, with about fourteen hori- 

 zontal dark stripes, as in some other species of Corvula aud Larimus. 

 These stripes are continuous, and those above bend upward underneath 

 last dorsal spines; fins pale yellowish, all more or less soiled with dark 

 points ; a faint dark axillary spot; lining of gill cavity pale. 



One specimen, from St. Lucia. 



49. Umbriua broussoneti (Cuv. aud Val.) 



50. Micropogon fournieri (Desmarest.) 



GERRIDiE. 



51. Gerres olisthostoma Goode & Beau. 



52. Gerres rhombeus Cuv. & Val. 



53. Gerres gula Cuv. & Val. 



54. Gerres pseudogula (Poey.) 



Very close to the Florida species, Gerres harencjulus, but a little more 

 slender, and with rather weaker anal spines. In the paper on this 



