332 KXr'KDITIOX OF THK " AI,I5ATK()SS," ISOft-lOOO. 



Platophrys pantherinus (Ri'ppei.i.). 



Jordan ct Kvekmann, Bull. U. S. I-'i.sli. Coinm., IDOo, 23, pi. 1, )). 512. 

 lihomhiLf imtUherinus RiipPELL, Atlas, 1828, p. 121, pi. 31, fig. 1. 

 Rhomhoi(lir)ithijx pmilheririnn Gunther, Fisrhe tier Siid.spe, 1900. 8, ji. 342. 



No. A132, 9? inches long from Kambara, Fiji Islands. Three specimens 

 from the following i)laces in Paumotu Islands: Nos. A42, M. ('. Z. 29735, 09008, 

 M. ('. Z. 29474, 7 aiul if inches long from Fakarava and 0r)S32, o inches long 

 from MakcMno. 



Xo. 09012, 3| inches long from Cuam. Nos. 09050 and 09097, Ig and 8^ 

 inches long from JNIoen, Truk Group. Caroline Islands. No. 10060, Ij inches 

 long from Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands. No. 09002, M. C. Z. 29535, 5^ 

 inches long from Namuka, Tonga Islands. 



In No. A42, dorsal 91, anal 69; the pectoral not reaching edge of preopercle 

 and is 1.5 in head; eye equals distance between interorbital rims. 



In s|)ecimen A132, pectoral does not reach catidal, but is nearly twice as 

 long as head; dorsal 91; anal (i7. These specimens of P. pantherinus ha\'(> a 

 nuich larger eye than P. mancus has, the upper eye being 4.33 in head, it about 

 equals the distance between the orbital rims: in P. mancus the eye is 5.5 in h(>ad 

 and about half the distance Ijetween the orbital i-ims. 



SOLEIDAE. 



Pardachirus pavoninus (LACKPf:i)E). 



.JouD.\N & Sealio, Bull. U. S. Bur. Ki.sli., lOOli, 25, p. iV.',. 



Acldrua pavoniniiH }jAC. Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1S02, 4, p. ().5S, (iHI), lidl. Day, t'islii's of India, 1S77, p. 

 427, pi. 03, fig. 2. 



No. 08937, a specimen 2i inches long fi'om Tonga Islands. 



It is said of this species that only the .scales on the head and anterior ])art 

 of body are ciliated, but in ihv specimen No. 08937 all the scales on both sides 

 of the body are ciliated. 



