. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. EASTMAN: DESCRIPTIONS OF BOLCA FISHES. 29 terior dorsal fin with about 8 spines of moderate length, closely followed by the low second dorsal with about 20 soft rays. Anal tin opposed to the pos- terior dorsal, and apparently of equal extent, preceded by two short and sepa- rate anal spines. Dorsal and anal tinlets not observed. Scales thin and small. Lateral line with well-developed scutes along its entire length, the line arch- ing upward and the scutes becoming shorter anteriorly; number of scutes about 65
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. EASTMAN: DESCRIPTIONS OF BOLCA FISHES. 29 terior dorsal fin with about 8 spines of moderate length, closely followed by the low second dorsal with about 20 soft rays. Anal tin opposed to the pos- terior dorsal, and apparently of equal extent, preceded by two short and sepa- rate anal spines. Dorsal and anal tinlets not observed. Scales thin and small. Lateral line with well-developed scutes along its entire length, the line arch- ing upward and the scutes becoming shorter anteriorly; number of scutes about 65. The unique individual upon which the above description is based exists in counterpart, and details taken from both halves have been combined in. Fig. B. Cuninx primaevus, sp. nov. X y- the adjoining Figure B. This is the earliest recorded appearance of the genus in geological history, the half-dozen fossil species that are known being confined to the Oligocene and Miocene. Amongst the latter G. ovalis, which is imperfectly known, seems to have resembled the present species in general out- line, and amongst modern forms the species commonly referred to " Trachurus" (, Caranx trachurus and C. ficturatus) present the same peculiarity of hav- ing scutes developed along the entire length of the lateral line. The type-specimen, which is from Monte Bolca, is preserved in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. LABRIDAE. Symphodus szajnochae (Zigno). (Plate 1, Fig. 5.) 1887. Crenilahrus szajnochae A. de Zigno, Mem. R. Istit. Veneto, xxiii. p. 17, Fig. 3. Besides the holotype of this species, which is small and imperfectly pre- served, no other examples have come to light until recently, when one was acquired for the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and another for the Car- negie Museum at Pittsburgh. The individual belonging to the Cambridge collection is preserved in counterpart, and is interesting for the additional information which it affords in regard to certain structura
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