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ulatus from the Kio Grande. If it is ■ identical with them 

 the species grandisquama cannot be separated from macida- 

 tus. 



The characters given by Eigenmann & Fordice * to dis- 

 tinguish mocidatus from the Pacific Coast sj)ecies, latifrons, 

 are not of specific vahie. The numerous specimens of mac- 

 xdatus examined by us difi'er in every character more than 

 macidatus is said to differ from latifrons. Thus the number 

 of scales between the ventral and the vent differs from 12 

 to 20 in specimens of macidatus which, we have examined. 



6. Dormitator grandisquama (Cuv. & Val.). America. 



Probably another synonym of the preceding. 



IV. GuAViNA Bleeker. 



7. Quavina guavina (Cuv. & Val.) 



West Indian faima, south to Rio de Janeiro. 



The specimens in the Museum are from Ceara, Victoria, Sao Matheos, 



Cuba, Rio Jiineiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Turbo, Atlantic Coast of 



Central America, Barbadoes, Goyaz, Brazil. 



8. Guavina brasiliensis (Sauvage). Brazil. 



Meotris (Eleoiris) hrasiliensh Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom., Paris. 

 Series 7, IV, 53; 1880. 

 (Bahia.) 



Depth 6* in total length; head 4|. D. VII— I, 9; A. 

 I, 9; Scales, 80. 



Snout equal to eye, 5 in head; 2 in interocular space. 

 Lower jaw a little produced, maxillary to below anterior 

 third of eye. Teeth of outer series enlarged. Preopercle 

 without spines. Scales small, ciliated, 35 series between 

 origin of second dorsal and anal. Scales on top of head as 

 large as those of body, and I'eaching to tip of snout. 



Uniform brown; length 0.115 m. 



• *Proc. Philad. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1885, 71. 



