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<br /> <br />Ip2 REPOllT OF AN EX,I'EDl'fW!' :pOWN THl'.: ZUfiI, ETC. <br /> <br />is ~itll<Ltcd a Iil~l\l b<Lckv."ar<1s of thc po~tcrim margin of the dors<L1. ':rli.c ven- <br />trals ar~ sub-onl,' colnposed of it rudimentary spino an~ cighL soft rays. t1!O bifur- <br />cation of sevon of which nfl"ec.ls the la~t third of thcirlenglh. "Tho bllso"!)finseJ:' <br />tion of these fins' is somewhnt in advance of.the dorsal, al'\d whcn bellt ~\lo~~wllr4s <br />their tip renches the anus, and occasionally the !,nteriot mllrgin of the a\lll:l. <br />The pe"ctoral~ nre suLHriangu")a~, taperingposteriorlr.: ;" their insertio~ i's clf)sQ\Q <br />the head, moro ipfcriorly than superiorly; their extremity does "nolreadl" the <br />anterior margin of tho ventra)s. amI consequently noL that of the dors<Ll. .They <br />are composed of fif\een soft rnys, which loifurcale heyond tb~ two-lbir<ts of tbeir <br />lenglh.The formula of the fins is as fol1o\\~s: <br />. Ilr. 3.::1; D III. Ii; C B. 1.10. 11. 1.7; A. 111. 8; V. !. B; P 16.. <br />The anu~ is situated c.108e to tl;e Ilnal fin, and Hoaror t~the oxtromity of th~ <br />caudlLl tha,n to the cnd of tloe sm)ul... TIIB s~ales,in geneflll. Ilfe rather small, <br />thin, and suh-circular. The snllllle~L oncs qccur betwee'n the dorsal.Ii/lllnd the' <br />occiput, and espeeially on the lattcr region." F('(;lIn the middle of thll.fianks they <br />incr.oaso il) size downwards, with 11 slight' imbriclllion,' till near the Ilbd()l1)en, <br />when they diminish .on to thc belly, where"lhey again "lose .their imb~ie\'-tilln." <br />The laloralline nlakes a gonUy concave curvo on the Ilb<lornen, pa~sing through <br />the rcgi~n of UJc, largest sCI~les of" the body r being 'vcry consnieuou~ fro~' ~h"e <br />head Lo the tail. . " <br />The color isunformly yellowish'~ro\yn"oll th~ head iUl~ "a!Qn~ L!!e dO(l;al re- <br />gion, cOY,erod with the 6mallesl"s"Cale.. The Bido~ and belly ILro .'ihining silvery <br />while. TheljllB rellowi,,"; th~ anal, ve!'tr~ls, Ilndro~to~1l18, Iigh~ef plnn "~Ile <br />eaudalalJd dorsal:" '" ". " " ," <br />,Seyc~al s('ocimClls uf this ~l'ecies \~'cril follecled. by Dr. \Vondhouse in the <br />Zuiii rh'-cr. <br /> <br />Fig. 1 rcprcsents Ihe specilllCn .le5cJ'ibcd, of natuflli size. , J <br />:Fig. 2 is ,i1 view of the, head from ahol'c, in ordcf toexl~jbit its sl!llpe, th~ <br />8~rucl~;re and" siLuatiQn of the nostril~, alld their relation ~o the eye~;' <br />Fig. 3 exhihits the head froll\ belo\\', showing the 8llllp_O of the mouth apd ,~ran- <br />chi08tegal appl1raI11.. " .- <br />!'ig. 4, enlarged scale frolllthc luLeralline. <br />Fia. 5, enlargcd scale from thc \lUl,k. , " <br />f'i;. 6, enlargf4 scule ff!J1I1 the belly:' .' <br />fig-s.4, 5, "-Jld G, scen under thc.s"Ine magllifrillg ("ower <br />. , " <br /> <br />~~.: <br /> <br />BOTA.NY. <br /> <br />" BOTANY. BY PRQFESSOR JOHN T?RREY. <br /> <br />~- ~ <br /> <br />". ~".' ',' ~~ II <br /> <br />.~ ':k'.~.'k <br /> <br />./ <br /> <br />./.i".,;i~,"_{. <br /> <br />~ ~:" ~ <br /> <br /> <br />t. <br />~ <br />if\ <br />. I <br />(~; <br />"Iii <br />_, J~tl~ <br />,'r~ .{~ <br />$tll .' '.'.tll <br />:~;:~,,. :,\f~ <br />li't:1~~\ <br />1~1 '\f~ <br />t).:l..~ ,{i. <br />dit <br />~tl ,r <br />";.~k."l ',"r..I' <br />:'$1'.~ <br />~:lr: <br />~U <br />',' ,~ <br /> <br />:;n <br /> <br />~;::, " <br />~~l"i <br />d'\ <br />'j.itl <br />y,jl <br />,.\.~~ :~ <br /> <br />:;::j <br />;il~ <br />k,~; ., <br />f!-'I <br /> <br />;.lUlii.JLlii~."".".k., <br />