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U. S. Nat. Mils., 1879. 122 (Pensacola, Fla). and 1879, 333 (Key 

 West). Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 18 (Indian River, Fla.). 

 Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 75 (Noank, Conn.; East Shore. 

 Va, ; Beaufort, N. C. ; Fort Macon, N. C. ; Coast New England ; 

 Newport, R. I.). Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 

 241 (Galveston) ; and 1882, 619 (Charleston, S. C). Jordan & Gil- 

 bert, Syn. Fish. N. Am , 863, 1883. Bean. Coll. Fish. Internat. Ex'li. . 

 London, 42, 1883 (Pensacola). Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 

 146 (Key West). Id., Cat. Fish. N. Am., 141, 1885 (name only). 



Le Diodon orbe Lacepede, " Poissons, II, page — ," 1798 (Rio Janeiro). 



Dlodon macidosiriatus Mitchill, Fish. New York, 470, plate LVI, rig. 3, 1814 

 (New York). DeKay, Nat. Hist. New York, Fishes, 323, plate LVI, 

 fig. 185, 1842 (New York). Ayres, Boston Journal Nat. Hist., IV> 

 284, 1842 (Brookhaven, Long Island). 



Diodon rivulatus Cuvier, Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., IV, 129, plate VI, 1818; Id., 

 Regne Animal, Ed. II, 337 (note), 1829. 



Diodon nigrolineatus Ayres, Boston Journal Nat. Hist., IV, 68, 1842 (Brook- 

 haven, Long Island). 



Diodon fuliginosus De Kay, Nat. Hist. New York, Fishes, 324, plate LV, fig. 

 181, 1842 (New York; young). 



Chilomycterus geomeiricus subsp. fulig'mosus Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. X. 

 Am., 864, 1883 (young). 



Chilomycterus fuliginosus Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. Am., 441, 1885 (name only). 



Diodon verrucosus DeKay, Nat. Hist. New York, Fishes, 325, plate LVI, fig. 

 184, 1842 (New York). 



Chilomycterus sp. dubia, "An Chylomycierus fuliginosus ?" Poey, Syn. Pise 

 Cub., 429-30, 1868 (Havana). 



Habitat. — New England to West Indies. 



This species is readily recognized by the dark and light lines 

 of the upper parts. The lines are parallel and meet towards the 

 back. A reticulation is sometimes formed when these lines meet 

 on the anterior part of the back. In the young there seem 

 to be more lines than in the old. Two specimens examined, 3 

 inches long, have 17 lines between the pectorals ; a specimen 5 

 inches long has 10 lines ; and the largest specimen examined, 10 

 inches long, has 12 lines. 



Dr. Jordan has identified the schcepfi of Walbaum with the 

 present species. Walbaum in his description of schcepfi says, 

 " color in dorso fulvus, lineis albis longitudinalibus notatus;" 

 as the other part of the description agrees quite as well, the 

 name sclmpfi has been substituted for geometricus, which name 

 in fact belongs to the next species rather than to this, if 



