Distance from extremity of s,nout to eye's 



anterior margin 2,5 mm. 



Eye's diameter ^ 2 „ 



Subgenus EuleptOCephalUS n. subg. 



The body is strongly compressed and more or 

 less band- or leaf-shaped. 



4. L. sicanus Facciola. 



Descr. n. sp. Leptoc. str. Messina. Atti Soc. Tosc. Sc. Nat. Pisa. 

 1883. Vol. VI. Fasc. I. p. 5. t. 4. f. 3. 



It is. probable that this form is quite- distinct 

 from L. Yarellii Kaup. The museum possesses three 

 examples of it. One of them is from Capo di Faro 

 in the Straits of Messina, the only locality, so far as 

 I am aware, hitherto recorded for this species. The 

 other two specimens were found by the late Captain 

 G. von Schbele in 35° 40' South Lat. and 18° 45' 

 East Long., that is, off the Cape of Good Hope. They 

 agree completely in every respect with the descrip- 

 tion and drawing Dr. Facciola gives of L. sicanus; 

 hence they can without hesitation be referred to this 

 form — thus giving a new illustration of the extensive 

 distribution some of these fishes would seem to have. 

 (In the same glass there was also a specimen of L. 

 Yarellii Kaup., likewise agreeing in all particulars with 

 specimens from Messina, which for this species too 

 is the only- recorded locality). 



a) Messina. Capo di Faro. C. Bovallius. 1 spe- 

 cimen. 1891. April 8. 



Length of body 106 mm. 



Greatest height of body 11 „ 



