(if JVorf// A})ieric((. 15 



ll<>l<inii,thn.s stri{/<itus Gill. Froc. Ac. Nat. Sc-i. Phil.. 1862, 243 (Cape San 

 Lucas) ; JoKJaii. C at. Fi.shcs North America, 108, 1885 (name only) ; 

 Jordan, Proc. V . S. Nat. Miis., 1885, 385 (Cape San Lucas, ColimS). 



Poiiuinuithiiis HtrigatitK Jordan tV: Gilbert. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 353 

 (Cape San Luca.s) ; Jordan ct Gilbert, the same, 1884, 365 (Cape San 

 Lucas) ; Jordan ^ Gilbert, the same, 1884, 372 (Colima). 



Habitat, West coast Central America and Galapagos Islands. 

 We have not seen this species. 



There seems to be little doubt that Holacantlius stvigatus is 

 the young of Holacanthus passer. 



13. POMACANTHUS TKICOI.OK. 



C<it(tliiida. Parra, Descr. Dif. Piez. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 12, lam. VII, f. 2, 

 1787 (Cuba). 



AcarauiKi Edwards, "plate 283, tig. 4." 



Cluctodfni tricolor Blocli, Ichthyologia, taf. 426, 1795 ; Bloch and Schneider, 

 Ichth., 219, 1801 (Brazil and Havana). 



Ilolacauthvs tricolor Lace^ede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 10, 525, 1803 (Brazil, Gua- 

 daloupe, Cuba) ; Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VH, 162, 

 1831 (St. Thomas) ; Storer, Syn. Fishes North America, 340, 1845 

 (copied); Poey, Mem. Cuba, II, 371, 1860 (Cuba> ; Gimther, Cat. 

 Fishes Brit. Miis., II, 49, 1860 (Bahia, West Indies, Jamaica. Trini- 

 dad) ; Poey, Enumeratio, 61, 1875 ; Goode. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 V, 44, 1876 (Bermuda.s). 



Geniconthus tricolor Swainsou, Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles, II, 212, 

 1839 (name only). 



Poniacanthiis tricolor Jordan ct Gilbert, Syn. Fishes North America, 941, 

 1882. 



Habitat, West Indian fauna south to Bahia. 

 The single specimen of this species examined is from Havana. 

 Its synonymy offers no difficulty. 



14. POMACANTHUS CILIAKIS. 



AcoraiDui major jnu/iis cornufis, an Pant Brcmliensihiis (the Angel-fish,) 

 Catesby, Nat. Hist. Car., Fla., and Bahama Is., 1731, plate 31. 



Chd'todon nliarisl^irmiRus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 276, 1758 (Indies) (in part) : 

 Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. XII, 1766 ; Bloch, Ichthyologia, taf. 214, 

 1787 ; Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1252, 1788 (copied) ; Bloch & Schneider, 



