156 



MR. W. R. O. GRANT ON THE [Mar. 4, 



margin of the eye. D. 6^. A. ^Lj, 



L. trans. 17 18. S. cynocephalum. 



e. Caudal longer than the head, yellow with a 

 broad violet band round the margin ; 

 diameter of eye about half the interorbital 

 fvpace ; maxilla extends to the vertical 



from the middle of the eye. D. GtJ^. 

 j J 10-11 



A. j^yT' L. trans. 14 19. S.parvei*. 



£. The caudal is as long as the head and has 

 a black horse-shoe-like marginal band ; 

 diameter of the eye more than half the 



interorbital space. D. &y[^2- A. WTi' 



L. trans. 14 20. S. macrostetholepis * . 



c. Scales on the neck and belly smaller than the 

 rest, which are equal. 



a. Maxilla extends to the vertical from the 

 middle of the eye. Colour reddish brown, 

 with six transverse bands and scattered 



spots of darker. D. 6jL A. 11. L. 



trans. 19 21. S. fasciatum*. 



f3. Maxilla extends to the vertical from the 

 anterior margin of the eye ; caudal one 

 and a half times the length of the head ; 

 colour deep violet with longitudinal series 



of yellow spots. D. Sj^j. A. ~. L. 



trans. 15 22. S. 



y. Maxilla does not extend to the vertical from 

 the middle of the eye. Colour brownish, 

 with eight or nine rings surrounding the 



body. D. 6~ A. 11 23.5. 



d. First dorsal with seven spines. 

 a. Last ray of the dorsal only slightly pro- 

 duced into a short point; belly naked. 



D -7 X V A.1 24. 



licrocephahim* . 



, griseum ' 



. parvtplnne , 



Anterior mandibular teeth not larger than the following. 



1. Sicydium plumieri, Bl. (C. & V.). (Plate XI. fig. 1 et XTI. 

 fig. 5.) 



Gobius phtmieri, Bl. v. p. 125, pi. 178, fig. 3; Bl. Schn. p. 69; 

 Lacep. ii. pp. 537 and 562, pi. 15, fig. 2. 



Sicydium plmnieri, Cuv. & Val. xii. p. 168; Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. 

 Sc. Philad. I860, p. 101; Giinth. Cat. Fish. iii. p. 92; Bleeker, 

 Arch. Neerl. ix. p. 313. 



D. 6^. A. i. L. lat. ca. 84. 



Teeth in the upper jaw long, slender, and hent inwards at about 

 right angles; only the extremities cut the gum. A single row of 

 inconspicuous papillae on the gum beneath the upper lip, with a 

 larger median papilla above the maxillary suture ; a median cleft in 



