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Harpe cceruleo aureus Lace"pede, op. cit., 426, 427, tab. 8, fig. 2 (from the drawing of 

 Pluraier, used by Blocb). » 



Labrus semiruber Lac^pede, op. cit., iii, 428 (Rio Janeiro, from notes by Commer- 

 son). 



Habitat. — West Indian Fauna, north to Key West. 

 \ Etymology: Rufus, yellowish-red. 



This handsomely colored fish is generally common in the West Indies. 

 Our specimens are from Havana. 



28. HARPE ECLANCHERI. 



Co8syphus eclaucheri Valenciennes, Voy. Ve"nus, Zool., 340, Poiss., pi. 8, fig. 2 (Gala- 

 pagos Isl.) (plates 1846; text 1855); Guntber, iv, 108, 1862. 



Habitat. — Galapagos Islands. 

 Etymology : A personal name. 



This species is known from Valenciennes' description and figure only. 

 It much resembles Harpe rufa, apparently differing only in color. 



29. HARPE TREDECIMSPINOSA. 



? Labrus iagonensis Bowdich, Excurs. Mad. and Porto Santo, 234, fig. 47, 1825 (Porta 

 Praya) ; Cuv. and Val., xiii, 100, 1839 (copied) (may be Lepidaplois scrofa). 

 Cossyphus jagonensis Troscbel, Wiegrnann's Arcbiv.,229, 1866 (Cape Verde Islands). 

 Cossyphus tredecimspmosus Guntber, iv, 1862, 107 (locality unknown). 



Habitat.— Madeira and Cape Yerde Islauds. 



Etymology : Tredecim, thirteen ; spinosus, spined. 



This species is known to us only from the scanty description of Dr. 

 Gtinther. The very imperfect description of Labrus jagonensis appar- 

 ently belongs to some red fish of the Harpince, but Hi resembles Lepida- 

 plois scrofa about as much as the present species. The presence of 

 thirteen dorsal spines in the original type is probably merely accidental. 



30. HARPE PULCHELLA. 



Cossyphus pulchellus Poey, Memorias, ii, 208, 1860 (Havana); Giintber, iv, 1862 



(copied). 

 fiodianus pulclielhis Poey, Syn., 232, 459, 1868; Poey, Enumeratio, 105, 1875 (Havana). 



Habitat. — West Indies. 

 ' Etymology: Pulchellus, prett5 r . 

 This species is known to us solely through Poey's descriptions, 



Genus IX.— LEPIDAPLOIS. 



Lepidaplois Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 140 {axillaris). 



Euhypsocara Gill, op. cit., 1863, 322 (anthioides) . 



? Gymnopropoma Gill, op. cit., 1863, 222 (bilunulata). 



Type : Labrus axillaris Bennett. 



Etymology: Asmq, scale; a-doiq, a a simple cloak that fits the body." 



We have not examined any of the typical species of this genus ; neither 



of the two species which we refer to it have been studied by us and 



