1874.] 345 [Putnam. 



mucous pores commences over the operculum and extends above the 

 silvery patch on the side to under the commencement of the dorsal. 

 Color, in spirits, uniform light brown, with a short silvery band made 

 by confluent spots along the sides of the abdomen. Air-bladder 

 extending the whole length of the abdominal cavity and slightly 

 constricted behind. 



f From Pearl Oysters, collected in the Bay of Pan- 



8 specimens, | ama, by F. H. Bradley, 1866. From the Yale Museum, 



3l to 41 ins. -{ No. 545. (These specimens are now in the Peabody 



in length. Academy of Science, and in the Agassiz Collection. No. 



^4331.) 



1 specimen, r From a Holothurian collected at Key Bisquan, Flor- 



4| inches 4 ida, by Theodore Lyman, 1856. Agassiz Collection. 



in length. (No. 4332. 



r From a large Holothurian collected at Tortugas, 

 1 specimen, 3 Florld b q Wurdemann, March 19, 1858. Agassiz 

 31 inches. ) ~ „ . ' J v _„ ' ' y 



2 ( Collection. No. 2547. 



1 specimen, J Cape Florida, G. Wurdemann, 1857. Agassiz Col- 



5J inches, election. No. 2470. 

 1 specimen, ( Tortugas, Florida. G. Wurdemann, March, 1858. 



4 inches. 1 Agassiz Collection. No. 2546. 

 1 specimen, C New Providence, Bahamas. F. G. Shaw. .Received 



3f inches. (.April 22, 1861. Agassiz Collection. No. 4333. 



P n > 1 Locality unknown. Agassiz Collection. No. 4334. 



3 inches. ( 



Fierasfer Homei Kaup. 



Oxybelis Homei Rich. Voy. Ereb. and Terr. Fishes, p. 72, pi. 44, 

 f. 7-18. 



Fierasfer Homei Kaup. Apod. Fish., p. 158. 



A specimen of Fierasfer taken from a starfish collected at the 

 Kingsmills Islands is probably of this species. 



The head is one-eighth of the total length, and its depth is a little 

 more than one-half of its length. The depth of the body is less than 

 one-half the length of the head. The pectorals are about one- 

 half the length of the head. The gill membranes are united 

 forward of the isthmus, leaving it uncovered. "Vent slightly in ad- 

 vance of base of pectorals. Dorsal fin very low. Anal more devel- 

 oped than the dorsal. Teeth on the jaws large and crowded, several 

 in the upper jaw larger than the rest in the same jaw. Vomer with 



