CYPRIXODOXT PISHES. lOlH 



9-11 ; origin nearly equidistant fi'om middle of eye and base of 

 caudal ; branched rays subequal, or the middle ones the longer, 

 y or I length of head. Anal 10 ; origin below fifth ray of dorsal. 

 Pectoral | length of head or more ; pelvics reaching vent. Least 

 depth of caudal peduncle |- to |- length of head. Olivaceous ; 

 edges of scales darker ; often a dark lateral band or 1 to 3 series 

 of dark spots along the series of scales on middle of side ; dorsal 

 and caudal usually with small dark spots. 



cJ . Dorsal origin equidistant from snout and base of caudal ; 

 posterior rays longest, longer than head in the adult. Intro- 

 mittent organ a little shorter than hea,d ; second pelvic ray 

 produced, inner rays ending in a knob. Least depth of caudal 

 peduncle nearly equal to length of head. Usually dark cross-bars 

 on body ; spots on dorsal and caudal fins larger and blacker than 

 in females. 



Cuba ; ? San Domingo. 



Several specimens from Cuba, the males 45 to 70, the females 

 40 to 100 mm., in total length. 



2. LlMIA DOMINICENSIS. 



Pcecilia domiidcensis Cuv. & Yal. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xviii. p. 131, 

 pi. 526. fig. 1 (1846). 



Pcecilia melanogaster Giinth. Cat. Fish. vi. p. 345 (1866). 



Platypcecihis dominicensis Evermann & Clark, Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. XXX. 1906, p. 852, fig. 



Depth of body 2| to 3 in the length, length of head 3| to 4. 

 Diameter of eye 3 to 3^ in length of head, interorbital width 1^. 

 26 or 27 scales in a longitudinal series. Dorsal 8-9 ; origin 

 equidistant from occiput or operculum and base of caudal, or tip 

 of snout and end of caudal, first or second branched ray longest, 

 •§- length of head. Anal 10 ; origin below second or thiid ray of 

 dorsal ; anterior branched rays longest. Pectoral | length of 

 head ; pelvics reaching vent. Least depth of caudal peduncle 

 |- to I length of head. Olivaceous ; sometimes ti'aces of dark 

 bars on upper part of sides and of a dark spot at base of caudal ; 

 a blackish spot on basal part of posterior ^ of dorsal fin ; ripe 

 females with abdomen golden in front, blackish behind, the two 

 colours separated by a venti-al line at insertion of pelvic fins. 



San Domingo ; ? Jamaica. 



Seven specimens ; two of the types of the species, S and 5 , 

 38 and 42 mm. in total length, and five females of 50 to 60 mm., 

 types of P. melanogaster. 



3. LlMIA NIGROFASCIATA, sp. U. (PI. CI. figS. 1, 2.) 



§ . Depth of body 2.^ to 3 in the length, length of head 3|- 

 to 4. Diameter of eye 3| to 3| in length of head, intei-orbital 

 width I|-. 27 or 28 scales in a longitudinal series. Dorsal 10 ; 

 origin equidistant from middle of operculum and base of caudal ; 

 fin rounded, the longest rays ^ length of head. Anal 9, obtuse ; 



