282 KXI'KDITIOX OF TllK - Al.liATlJOSS," |S!hi litllO. 



most intpiisp at about tlic niitkllt' of thcii- Iciiiith aiul ucai' tlic ciuls: iiu'inhraiie 

 ln'twceii the spines and 1st ra_\' entirely dusky and the middle iluskiness of the 

 other rays sometimes extentls a little on the membranes i)i-esentinji a sort of 

 interrupted longitudinal band; margin of hn simihir to that of the other 

 specimen. 



Bleeker's figure in Atlas Ichth., 8, IVre. tab. 4(), fig. 2, resembles our speci- 

 mens in shape, but the spots are searct-ly intheated on the body and there are 

 none on the dorsal, anal, or eaudal. The desei'iption of I'lrca ciliald Kuhl A: 

 \'an Hasselt in tlie Hist. Nat. Poiss., 2, p. 38, of Cuvier ct Valenciennes, does 

 not agree with our specimens. In the description of Dvles mair/inntus Cuvier & 

 Valenciennes, ibid., p. 87, there are a few points that ap])ly to our specimens, 

 but in color oui's l)ear no i-esenil)lanc(> to the figure. 



Kuhlia proxima, sp. nov. 



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Type Xo. (55889 U. S. X. M. (field no. ()S92U), 5 inches long from Fiji Is- 

 lands. Cotype No. 29420 M. ('. Z. (field No. 08919), 3| inches long from the 

 same place. 



Head 3; dejjtli 2.ti() in botly; eye 2..")3 in head; snout 4.12; maxiUary 2.35; 

 interorbital 3.(K); base of soft dorsal 1.94; last dorsal spine 2.75; longest dorsal 

 spine (fifth) 1.05; longest dorsal ray 1.94; base of anal 1.57; longest anal spine 

 (third) 2.53; longest anal ra>' 2.53; jx'ctoral l.(J5; ventral 1.05 (not (juite to 

 vent); dor.-^al X, I. II; anal III. 11; scales 5 (G)-52-9. No. 08920 has D. IX, 

 I, 11. 



Body similar in sha|)e to /\. .'-■iiiiilric( usi.s: eye large, snout short; maxillary 

 reaching to anterior edge of ])upil; hiwer jaw pidjecting; ])renpei'cle serrate on 

 l)oth limbs, its ascending limb not (•onca\'e; pi'corbital sei'i'ate on its lower 

 anterior edge: scales moderate, rather closely imbricated, decreasing in size to 

 the base of the caudal. 



Color generally silver\', daikei- on b.ack: snout and lower jaw dusky; the 

 membranes of spinous and soft doisal and anal soiled tlusk.\', extreme' edge of 

 dorsal l)lack liut not making a black bolder; a broad dusky lerminal margin 

 to the caudal, most intense at end of middle rays. This species differs from 

 K. sandvicensis in the longer head; nmch larger eye; in having the ascending 



