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the head. D. XXX, 1. After preservation, first formol, tlieii alcoliol, a small black 

 spot is visible on the place for the ocellus. 



Auchenopterus riihescens, Everm. & Marsh. 

 Collected at Mastic Point on Andros, along the beach. 



Living specimen: colour like that of sand. Colour of dorsal and anal similar 

 to that of body, anal a little darker. A brown band on head through the eye. 

 After preservation the colour changed reddish, but faded later on. 



Auchenopterus fajardo, Everm. & Marsh. 

 Collected at Mastic Point on Andros, along the beach. 



Colour in living specimen : dark brown with lighter, white and reddish spots. 

 A rather distinct dark band extending from snout to caudal. Dorsal with row of 

 dark brown dots, more or less confluent; anterior upper part with small light dots. 

 On the last second dark spot a blue dot, suri'ounded by a narrow ring of yellowish 

 brown. Anal dark brown, with the edge colourless. Base of caudal dark brown 

 almost black, upper and lower edge with a small white spot ; the rest of the fin 

 with indistinct yellowish green dots along the rays. Base of pectoral spotted with 

 dark brown and white. Base of ventral dark brown, rest similar to that of caudal. 



The preserved specimen has a coloration similar to that stated for A. Jajardo. 



EvERMANN and Marsh write about A. fajardo : » the long and slender maxillary 

 reaching beyond posterior border of orbit », but this is not the case in their figure. 



Auchenopterus grandicomis n. sp. ^ Fig. 5. 



Body compressed. Snout broad. Jaws projecting. Mouth large. Maxillary 

 reaching posterior border of eye. Diameter of eye about as long as snout. Inter- 

 orbital space rather broad. A small, but broad nasal tentacle, a very large one 

 above eye, and a small feebly fringed flap on nape. The ocular tentacle named 

 is band-formed, with one edge lobate. Opercle with a spine. A band of conic 

 teeth in both jaws. Small conic teeth on vomer, none on palatines. Dorsal origin- 

 ating over edge of prœopercle, feebly notched behind second spine. Dorsal and anal 

 united with caudal to a varying extent, sometimes joining only the base, sometimes 

 higher up on the rays. Ventrals with 3 soft rays, longest just reaching vent. 

 Pectoral reaclnng a little beyond origin of anal. Caudal rounded, as long as distance 

 from tip of snout to posterior edge of prseopercle. Lateral line arched anteriorly. 

 Anteriorly 2 rows of scales between dorsal fin and lateral line. Four rows of scales 

 between straight part of lateral line and dorsal and a similar number between lateral 

 line and anal. Head naked. Body with cycloid scales. About 33 scales in lateral 

 line. D. XXVII, 1. A. II, 17 — 18. Largest specimen 36 mm. Colour : uniform dark 



' In the Zool. Musenm of Copenhagen are a few specimens from West Indies (no other 

 locality) labelled by LÜtken »Anchenopterus grandicomis n. sp.» He has never described them. 

 They are identical with this species and I have therefore excepted LCtken's name. 



