CYPRIXODONT FISHE3. 1017 



6. LiMIA CAUDOFASCIATA, Sp. n. (PI. CI. fig. 6.) 



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

 3 to 3|. Diameter of eye 3| to 3| in length of head, inter- 

 orbital width 1|- to 2. 26 scales in a longitudinal series. Dorsal 

 8-10 ; origin equidistant from some part of operculum and base 

 of caudal; anterior branched rays longest, | length of head. 

 Anal 10 ; origin below or a little in advance of that of dorsal. 

 Pectoral | length of head ; pelvics reaching vent. Least depth 

 of caudal peduncle j to -| length of head. Olivaceous or 

 brownish ; edges of scales darker : a series of dark vertical bars 

 on posterior part of body ; a dark spot near base of posterior part 

 of dorsal ; abdomen yellowish, or when tumid golden anteriorly 

 and blackish posteriorly, as in L. dom-inicensis. 



c? . Dorsal origin about equidistant from eye and base of 

 caudal ; longest rays j to -| (adult) length of head. Intromittent 

 organ less than | length of fish ; second pelvic ray produced in 

 adult, nearly as long as prolonged anal rays. Least depth of 

 caudal peduncle |^ length of head. 



Jamaica. 



Several females, 28 to 42 mm. in total length, and six males of 



25 to 48 mm., collected by C. A. Wray. In males of 25 to 

 30 mm., the anal fin has not attained the adult structure and the 

 second pelvic ray is scarcely prolonged ; males of 35 to 48 mm. 

 ha,ve the anal fully formed, but only the largest has the pelvics 

 strongly produced. 



7. LiMlA HETERANDRIA, Sp. n. (PI. CI. figS. 3, 4.) 



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

 Diameter of qjq 3 to 3| in length of head, interoi'bital width 2. 



26 scales in a longitudinal series. Dorsal 8 ; origin equidistant 

 from some part of operculum and base of caudal ; fin rounded, 

 longest rays a little more than \ length of head. Anal 9, 

 pointed ; origin below that of dorsal. Pectoral | length of head ; 

 pelvics reaching vent. Least depth of caudal peduncle | or -| 

 length of head. Olivaceous ; a dark longitudinal stripe from 

 above pectoral to level of origin of anal ; a dark spot above vent ; 

 a black spot near base of posterior part of dorsal. 



S • Dorsal origin equidistant from middle of eye and base of 

 caudal ; longest rays i length of head. Intromittent organ about 

 I length of fish (to base of caudal) ; second ray produced, | as 

 long as prolonged anal rays. Stripe on side of body and spot 

 above vent absent ; body with 3 or 4 narrow dark vertical bars. 



La Guayra, Yenezuelft. 



Two females. 43 and 27 mm., and a male of 25 mm. (adult), 

 presented by Herr J. Paul Arnold. 



8. LiMiA VEESICOLOR. (Text-fig. 1 73 E.) 



Pcecilia dominicensis [non Cuv, & Val.) Giinth. Cat. Fish, vi. 



