350 DEEP SEA FISHES. 



1822. That there may be less doubt about the matter in the absence of the 

 ■works cited, Fleming's remarks and those he quotes from Home are given 

 entire. 



" HoMEA. Margin of tlie mouth bearded. 



" I have ventured to name this genus in honor of Sir Everard Home, who 

 has so successfully investigated the aerating and reproductive organs of the 

 tribe to which it belongs, and who has pointed out its distinguishing internal 

 characters. The trivial name is due to the late illustrious Banks, by whom 

 the species was brought to this country from the South Seas. H. BanlcsiW 



" In an animal brought from the South Seas by Sir Joseph Banks, inter- 

 mediate between the lamprey and myxine, but differing so much from both 

 as to form a distinct genus, the respiratory organs resemble those of the 

 lamprey in the number of the external openings, and the number of bags ; 

 but these organs, and many other parts differ in the following particulars, 

 in wliich they agree with those of the inyxine. There is no appearance, 

 whatever, of thorax, nor is the pericardium cartilaginous; the bags ai'e 

 flattened spheres placed perpendicularly, their cavities are small, their coats 

 elastic, and the internal orifices communicate directly with the assophagus, 

 which is small. The oesophagus does not terminate in a valvular slit, but in 

 a loose membranous fold ; there are two rows of teeth on each side of the 

 tongue, bent downwards, long and pointed. There is a posterior nostril, and 

 an appearance resembling an uvula. There is a gall bladder, a row of large 

 mucous glands on each side of the belly, and there is a mesentery to the 

 intestine." See Home, 1815, Phil. Trans., p. 258, Tab. XII. fig. 1. 



Homea cirrhata. 



Tetrotnyzon cirrhatus Bl. Sch., 1801, Syst. Ichth., 532. 



Homca Banhii Flem., 1822, Phil. Zool., II, 375. 



Bdellostoma liexatrt-ma Mull., 1834, Abh. Ak. Wiss. Berl., 79. 



B. heterotrema Mull., 1834, 1. c, 79. 



B. heptatrema Mull., 1834, 1. c, 79. 



B. Forsteri Mtlll., 1834, 1. c, 80, and 1838, 171. 



B. cirrhatum Guiit., 1870, Cut, VIII, 511. 



