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Peloria heckeli = Rhombus candidissimus — Rhombus diaphanus, is the 

 larva of the same form, as is probably also the Coccolus annectens of Bo- 

 naparte. 



38. PLATOPHRYS SPINOSUS. 



Rhomboidkhthys spinosus Poey, Synopsis, p. 409, 1868. Poey, Enurn. Pis. Cub., p. 139, 

 1875. 



Habitat — West Indian fauna. 



The original description of this species is a very scanty one. In all 

 respects, unless it be the color, it agrees with the European PL podas.' 



We have found two small specimens sent by Professor Poey to the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology, which may be the types of this spe- 

 cies. They are 4| inches long, and have been partly dried in the sun. 

 A result of this has been to increase the prominence of the interhsemal 

 spines. Whether these be the original types or not, the species is an 

 extremely doubtful one. The eyes are farther apart in these specimens 

 than in any of P. ocellata which we have examined. They agree in this 

 respect with Agassiz's figure of Rhombus ocellatus. 



39. PLATOPHRYS CONSTELLATUS. 



Platophrys constellatus Jordan, sp. nov. 



Habitat. — Galapagos Archipelago. 



This species is described from three specimens, the largest 3£ inches 

 long, numbered 11146 on the register of the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology. They are from James Island, in the Galapagos. The species 

 is closely related to P. ocellatus and others, but in color, at least, it is 

 different, and its habitat is remote. 



40. PLATOPHRYS OCELLATUS. 



Rhombus ocellatus Agassiz, Spix Pise. Brasil., 1829. 



Platophrys ocellatus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Class'n Fishes, ii, 1839. (Name only.) 



Rhomboidichlhy s ocellatus Giiuther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mns., 18(32, iv. (Bahia, Cuba.) 



Poey, Synopsis, 1868, 408. (Havana.) 

 Rhombus bahianus Castelnan, Auiui. nonv. rares Am^rique du Sud, 1855. (Bahia.) 

 Platophrys uebularis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884,31, 143. (Key 

 West.) 



Habitat. — Tropical America ; sandy shores from Long Island to Rio 

 Janeiro. 



We know this species from the numerous small specimens taken by 

 Dr. Jordan at Key West, which have beeji described as Platophrys neb- 

 ularis. A specimen similar to these has been taken by Dr. Bean on the 

 south coast of Long Island. 



This seems to be the same as the Cuban species called Rhomboidichthys 

 ocellatus by Poey, and some of the specimens sent by Poey to the Mu- 

 seum of Comparative Zoology are apparently identical with the types 

 of nebularis. 



In the Museum of Comparative Zoology we hare compared speci- 



