2394 Bulletin 47, United States National Museum. 



Chasmodes saburrce, E VERM ANN & BEAN, Fishes of Indian River, Florida, in Kept. U. S. 



Fish Comm. 1896, 247; not of JORDAN & GILBERT. 

 Chasmodes novemlineatus, GUNTHER, Cat., in, 229, 1861. 



2745. CHASMODES BOSQVIANUR (Lacep.de). 



Head 3 ; depth 3$. D. XI, 19 ; A. II, 19. Orbital tentacle very minute 

 or wanting; maxillary extending to rather beyond eye; interoonlar space 

 very narrow, not concave. Dorsal fin not emarginate, the spines slender. 

 Dorsal joined to base of caudal; anal free. Color (in male) olive green,, 

 with about 9 horizontal narrow blue lines, these somewhat irregular and 

 interrupted, converging backward; opercular membrane and a broad 

 stripe through middle of spinous dorsal deep orange yellow ; anal tin dark, 

 the rays with white membranaceous tips; female dark olive green, reticu- 

 lated with narrow, pale green lines, and with several broad dark bars, 

 which are more distinct posteriorly; vertical iins similarly marked; head 

 finely dotted with black; a dusky spot at base of caudal in both sexes. 

 New York to Florida; common southward in shallow water. (Named for 

 M. Bosc, who collected at Charleston for Lace"pede.) 



Blennius bosquianus, LACEPEDE, Nat. Hist. Poiss., n, 493, 1800 (female), South Carolina. 



(Coll. Bosc.) 

 fPholis quadrifasciatus, WOOD, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., iv, 1824, 282, locality unknown, 



probably South Carolina. (Coll. Rubens Peale.) 

 Chasmodes boscianus, GUNTHER, Cat., in, 229, 1861. 

 Chasmodes bosquianus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 756, 1883. 



889. HOMESTHES, Gilbert, new genus. 



Homesthes, GILBERT, new genus (caulopus). 



Differing from Hypsoblennius chiefly in the presence of 4 articulated ven- 

 tral rays instead of 3, as usual in Blenniince. We have examined the ven- 

 trals of Hypaoblennim strlatus, punctaius, ionthas, gentilis, and yilberti, and 

 have found them to consist constantly of 1 short, strong spine and 3 simple 

 articulated rays. In Homesthcs caulopus there is 1 strong, short spine and 

 4 well-developed simple jointed rays. (6juo$, uniform; tdOia), to eat.) 



2746. HOMESTHES CAULOPUS, Gilbert, new species. 



Head 3 in length ; depth at base of ventrals 4, at middle of abdomen 

 3? ; least depth of caudal peduncle length of head ; snout 4 ; eye 4 to 

 4i. D. XII, 15 or 16 ; A. II, 17 ; P. 14. Longest dorsal spine 2 ; last dorsal 



opercula, etc., and base of the pectoral fins, finely spotted with bluish black, the spots 

 being larger on the front and opercula; branchial opening extremely small, extending 

 of the length of the external curve of the operculum; mouth descending little; gape 

 moderate; sides of the head fieshy; body compressed; rib spaces evident; sides with 

 9 longitudinal whitish lines, some of which are interrupted ; behind the eye and under 

 the dorsal fin are 2 irregular whitish patches; dorsal fin commencing before the pectoral 

 fins; between the first and second rays is an irregular blackish spot, several of the fol- 

 lowing rays are also spotted, the color of the spots becoming lighter as they recede 

 toward the tail, where they mingle with the dusky color of the fin and are lost; fin ris- 

 ing posteriorly, and joining the caudal fin at about 4 the distance from its extremity; 

 anal fin commencing under the termination of the pectoral fin, and extending nearly to 

 the tail; caudal fin rounded; ventral fins 2-rayed; pectoral fins rather large, the base 

 thick and Meshy, finely spotted with bluish black; anus small, tubercle small; color 

 brownish, tins dusky. D. 30; C. 12?; A. 20; V.2; P. 13. Length 3J inches ; depth, exclu- 

 sive of the dorsal fin, hardly 1 inch." 



