with more or less dark or dusky terminally. Length mi mm, 
Veni without Local sty doubtless from Peru? Retthand eo 
f Our example shows ihe “egheeks with the dark waved 
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horizontal streaks of Starks' figure broken as rounded 
spots, 
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Hypoplectrodes |semicinctus (Valenciennes). acy «| 
Head 2: to 231 depth 2 2/5; D.X, 19 1 or 20, 1; A. II, 
8, i; scales 46 48 in lateral line to caudal base and 6 large 
ones on latter; 43 or 44 tubes in lateral line to caudal base 
and 6? more on latter; 7 or 8 scales above lateral line to 
spinous dorsal origin, 18 or 19 below to spinous anal origin; 
about 53 to 55 predorsal scales; snout 5 1/8 to 3 1/3 in head 
from upper jaw tip; eye 5 to 5g; maxillary ¢@ 1/8; interorbital 
6 8/3. 10. 7, 
Body rather deeply ellipsoid, well compressed; caudal 
peduncle length about 2/3 to 1 its least depth, which 3 1/3 
in total head length. Head width 1 7/8 to 2 1/8 its length. 
Snout rather conic, long as wide. Eye with hind edge midway 
in head length. Mouth large, mandible protruding. Maxillary 
to front pupil edge; expanston 1 to 1 1/8 in eye. Teeth fine, 
in narrow bands in jaws; several inner ffont upper teeth little 
enlarged, likewise little inner group patch; inner lower teeth 
