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regards Eques punctatus is intermediate between Eques acuminatus and 

 Eques lanceolatus. 



A third species of the subgenus Pareques was obtained by Professor 

 Gilbert at Panama, but the types were destroyed by fire before a de- 

 scription could be published. 



Northern specimens of this species (Charleston, Pensacola, Key 

 West) are much more plainly colored than the ordinary West Indian 

 form. We propose for such the varietal name of Eques acuminatus um- 

 brosus, taking as our type a specimen from Charleston sent us by Mr. 

 Charles C. Leslie. 



Of the ordinary striped form we have examined specimens in the 

 museum at Cambridge from Rio Janeiro, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, and 

 Sombrero. Our description of var. acuminatus is especially drawn from 

 No. 563, M. C. Z., from the island of Sombrero. 



110. EQUES FUNCTATUS. 



(Serrana.) 



Serrano, hispanis Parra, Piezas de Hist. Nat. de Cuba, 2, plate 2, lower figure, 1767 

 (Cuba). 



Eques punctatus Blocb & Scbueider, Syst. Ichtb., 106, 1801 (based ou Parra, 2, plate 2, 

 fig. 2). Desmarest, Premiere Decade Icbtbyol., 40, plate iii, fig. 2, 1823 (Cuba). 

 Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 167, plate 116, 18130 (Cuba, Martinique). 

 Storer, Syu. Fisb. North Am., 322, 1846 (copied). Gunther, Cat. Fisb. Brit. 

 Mus., ii, 281, 1860 (Jamaica). Poey, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 173 

 (Parra, plate 2, lower figure). Poey, Synopsis, 325, 1868 (Cuba). Cope, 

 Icbtbyol. Lesser Antilles, 471, 1870 (St. Croix). Poey, Enumeratio, 49, 1875 

 (Cuba). Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 43 (Cuba). 



Habitat. — West Indian fauna. 



This handsomely colored species is not uncommon in the West Indies^ 

 The specimen here described was obtained by Dr. Jordan at Havana. 

 Others are in the museum at Cambridge, from Cuba and from Jer6"mie. 

 Hayti. 



111. EQUES PULCHER. 



Eques pulcher Steiudacbuer, Ichtb. Notizen, vi, 43, 1867 (Barbadoes). 

 Habitat. — West Indian fauna ; Barbadoes. 

 This species is known from Steindachner's description oniy. 



112. EQUES LANCEOLATUS. 



(Serrana.) 



(xuapena, Edwards, "Gleanings, plate 210" ("Caraibes islands"). 



Chcetodon lanceolatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat.,ed. x, 277, 1758 (based on Edwards, plate 

 210). Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 466, 1766. Gmelin, Syst, Nat., 1254, 1788 

 (copied^. 



Scicena lanceolata Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. ou Eares de l'Ame"r. du Slid, 10, 1855. 



Eques lanceolatus Giiuther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus.,ii, 279, 1860 (West Indies). Poey, 

 Enumeratio, 49, 1875 (Cuba). Poey, Synopsis, 325, 1868 (Cuba). Poey, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 177 (Parra, plate 2). Cope, Ichth. Lesser Antil- 

 les, 471, 1870 (St. Croix; St. Martin). Jordan «fc Gilbert, Syn. Fish. North 

 Am., 932, 1883 (Pensacola). Jordan, Cat. Fish. North America, 94, 1885 (name 

 only). 



