480 



CONTRIBUTION TO THE 



Diodontidw. 

 Biodon atinga, Linn., Pocy Rcpcrtorio, Cuba, 1808. 



St. Martins Dr. Rijgorsma ; New Providence, Dr. Wood ; Tortugas, Mr. Roosevelt. 

 Var. with spotted abdomen, from Panama, Dr. Ruschcnbcrger. 

 Diomon hystkix, Linn., Paradiodon Bleek., Poey Rcpcrtorio, Cuba, 1808. 

 St. Domingo, Edw. L. Claik. 



Ciulomyctkbus geometeictjs, Bl. Pocy Rcpcrtorio, Cuba,. 1808. 

 Tortugas, Jas. Roosevelt. 



nETEROSOMATA. 



Pleuroneciidir. 

 RiroMRoiDicnTHYS lunatus, Linn., Gi'mther Catal., IV., 433. Rhombut argut. Cuv. Regne Animal. 

 St. Croix, Capt. Davidson, Dr. Griffith ; St. Martins, Dr. Rijgorsma. 



TEDICULATI. 



Antennarvidm. 

 Antennarhts marmoratuk, Lesson, Bloch.Cuv. Val. XII., 397 ; Gttnther Catal. III., 185. 

 St. Martins, Dr. Rijgorsma. 



Antennakius multioceli.atus, Cuv. XII., 420. Gi'mther Catal. III., 194. 

 St. Martins, Dr. Rijgersma ; St. Croix, Capt. Davidson. 



Lopldidm. 

 Maltfie vespertilio, Linn., Cuv. Val. XII., 440. Gi'mther Catal. III., 200. 

 St. Martins, Dr. Rijgorsma. 



LOTTIOI'.P.ANCiril. 



SyngnatJiidn'. 

 Syngnatiius, sp. 



St. Martins, Dr. Rijgersma. 



Hippocampus guttulatus, Cuv. 



St. Martins, Dr. Rijgersma. 



HEMIBRANCn.il. 



Fhtulariiiai. 

 Aulostoma coloratum, Midi. Trosch. Schomb. Hist., Barbadoes, 073. Gi'mther Catal. B. M., III., 530. 

 St. Croix, Dr. Griffith, Capt. Davidson. 



PEHCESOCES. 



AtJierinidce. 

 ATHERIKA stipes, Midler and Troschel in Schomb. Hist., Barb., 071. 

 St. Martins, Dr. Rijgersma. 



Gttnther Catal. B. M., TIL, 400. 



quarters times the teugthof the head, and 3.2 times the median Interorbltal space. Olfactory tentacles separated to base. Dorsal and 

 anal fins with contracted bases, higher than longs rays l>. 10j A. in, P. 16. Spines generally short, longest on the belly, a very few be- 

 tween orbit and operculum. The dorsal spines commence between the posterior margin of the orbits, and extend above the basis of the 

 pectoral j the laterals, to the anterior line of the. anal, except in a band from the pectoral where they seem to be wanting! caudal pe 

 d uncle chin and throat smooth. Length 0».38, (IS Inches) depth at operculum -0m -07. 



Color, everywhere except on the belly, blackish, paler at base of caudal ; belly yellow (white). Numerous small (,002m.) '.' yellow spots 

 everywhere, arranged more or less in lines or in quincunx. They are more numerous posteriorly and on the lower regions. They are 

 also larger below, and vanish in the pale line of the belly. Caudal lln yellow (whttej Spotted, other unpaired fins uniform brown ; pectoral 

 pale, very dark at base. 



This line species was brought from the Navigator Is'ands, in the Pacific, by Dr. H. C. Caldwell. Its affinities are evidently to such 

 species as A. kappa, Itassell, and A. meleagris, KiclKln., but its slight spinous development and color, distinguish it from the numerous 

 species of the genus now known. 



