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This species is uot rare on the west coast of Mexico. We have ex- 

 amined numerous specimens collected by Professor Gilbert at Mazatlan. 

 The Solea pilosa of Peters, as Dr. Steindachner has already indicated, 

 is the same fish. The date of Steindachner's paper is said to be a little 

 earlier than that of Professor Peters. 



A specimen of this species is in the museum at Cambridge, collected 

 by Professor Sumichrast at Chiapas. 



111. ACHIRUS FONSECENSIS. 



Solea fonsecensis Gtinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 1862, 475 (Gulf of Fonseca). 



Habitat. — Pacific coast of tropical America (Gulf of Fonseca). 

 Only the original type of this species, obtained by Sir John Richard- 

 son, is yet known. 



112. ACHIRUS PUNCTIFER. 



Monochir punctifer Castelnan, Aninaux Nouv. on Rares, Ame'rique clu Sud, 1855, 

 80, pi. 41, f. 3 (Rio Janeiro). 



Habitat. — Coast of Brazil. 



We refer a sole (11436, M. C. Z.) from Itabapnana to Monochir puncti- 

 fer Castelnau, although the figure published by this author does not 

 represent it very well. The black pepper-like spots are much smaller 

 in nature than in the picture. The following is Castelnau's description : 

 " Longueur totale, 12 centimetres ; plus grande largeur sans les nageoires, 

 7 centimetres ; avec les nageoires, 9 centimetres. Nageoire dorsale de 

 48 rayons ; anale de 42 rayons ; caudale de 16 rayons. Les 6cailles sont 

 fines et apres, surtout celles de la tete. Le poisson est entitlement d'un 

 brun vert et convert, aiusi que les nageoires, de points noirs nombreux 

 et assez rapproches les uns des autres ; en dessous il est d'un brun rou- 

 geatre. J'ai trouve une seule fois ce Monochir an marche de Rio." 



113. ACHIRUS SCUTUM. 



Solea scutum Gilnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 18G2, 475 (Gulf of Fonseca, Panama). 



Habitat. — Pacific coast of tropical America. 



All that we know of this species is included in the description of Dr. 

 Gunther. 



114. ACHIRUS G- ARMANI. 



AcMrus garmani Jordan, sp. nov. (Rio Grande do Snl). 



Habitat. — Coast of Brazil. 



The type of this species is an example in good condition, 6 inches 

 long (11246, M. C. Z.), from " the Rio Grande in South America." I 

 have taken pleasure in naming it for my friend Mr. Samuel Garman, 

 curator of ichthyology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, to whose 

 kindly aid I have been much indebted in my studies of the South 

 American fishes. (D. S. J.) 



