492 DR. A. GUNTHER ON A COLLECTION [Nov. 8, 
parts reddish olive, lower ones white; upper surface of the head, 
rostral shield, and nape of the neck black ; upper lip white, a white 
line running across the rostral shield. 
Length of head + inch, of trunk 14 inches, of tail 3 inches. 
Merom. 
CHROMIS SIMONIS. 
D.2. Az. LL. lat. 31. 
The height of the body is contained twice and a half in the total 
length (without caudal); the length of the head twice and three- 
quarters. Snout rather obtuse, with the lower jaw slightly project- 
ing beyond the upper; the maxillary extends to below the middle of 
the preorbital, which is as wide as the orbit. Teeth small: there are 
about thirty-seven on each side, of the outer series, in the upper jaw. 
The eye is situated nearer to the end of the snout than to that of 
the operculum; there are three series of scales on the cheek, and the 
naked portion of the preeoperculum is much narrower than the orbit. 
The dorsal fin commences before the root of the pectoral ; its spines 
are of moderate strength, gradually increasing in length behind, the _ 
length of the last being two-fifths of that of the head ; the soft dorsal 
extends to, or somewhat beyond, the base of the caudal; the third 
anal spine as long as the thirteenth of the dorsal fin. Caudal fin 
slightly rounded. Pectoral fin extending somewhat beyond the origin 
of the anal; ventral not reaching the vent. 
There are three anda half longitudinal series of scales between the 
origin of the dorsal fin and the lateral line ; extremity of the opercu- 
lum scaleless ; scales on the belly very small. Coloration uniform. 
Only two specimens were procured from the Lake of Galilee ; they 
are 7 inches long. 
CHROMIS ANDRE. 
D.§. A.s. Lin. lat. 31. 
The height of the body is contained twice and a half or twice and 
two-thirds in the total length (without caudal) ; the length of the 
head rather more than thrice. Head not much longer than high ; 
snout rather obtuse, with the jaws equal in length anteriorly, or with 
the upper slightly projecting beyond the lower. Teeth small, there 
being from twenty to twenty-three on each side, of the outer series, 
in the upper jaw; maxillary extending to below the middle of the 
preorbital, which is as wide as the orbit. Eye situated in the 
middle of the length of the head; there are three series of scales 
on the cheek, and the naked limb of the preeoperculum is much 
narrower than the orbit ; extremity of the operculum naked. 
The dorsal fin commences vertically above the root of the pec- 
toral; its spines are of moderate strength, gradually increasing in 
length behind, the last being half as long as the head. The soft 
dorsal is produced ‘into a point, which extends nearly to the middle 
of the caudal fin. Anal spines stout, the third being as long as, but 
