460 Zoological Society. 



A portion of a large collection of Fishes from the Mauritius, pre- 

 sented to the Society by Mr. Telfair, was exhibited ; and Mr. Ben- 

 nett called the attention of the Committee to the species of Mullet 

 contained in it. These were eight in number, and belonged to the 

 extra- European form to which the name of Upeneus has been given 

 by M. Cuvier,and which is distinguished from the European Mullets 

 by the presence of teeth in the upper jaw. Four of these fishes 

 appear to have been previously undescribed, and may be thus cha- 

 racterized : 



UPENEUS BITJENIATUS. Up. dentibus velutinis apud maxillas, 

 vomerem, et ossa palatina ; capite pone oculos subdepresso : pin- 

 nis dorsalibus caudalique nigro oblique Jhsciatis ; corpore toto 

 rubicundo, dorso argenteo-vittato, vittis duabus aureis infra li- 

 neam later alem. 



D. 7, i, A.*. C.15. P. 16. V.i. 



Affinis Up. vittato, Cuv. & Val.: sed differt vittis duabus aureis; 

 differt etiam vertice depresso rostroque subtumido, capite haud 

 aequaliter rotundato. 



UPENEUS MAUIUTIANUS. Up. dentibus velutinis maxittaribus : 

 rostra brew, orbitce subcequali : pinnis dorsali secunda analique 

 declimbus. 



D. 7,-fr. A.-*-. C.15. P. 16. V.-b 



Affinis Up.Jlavo-lineato, Cuv. & Val.: brevior est, rostrumque 

 multo brevius, in illo nempe orbitse sesquidiametrum aequat. 

 UPENEUS PLEUROSTIGMA. Up. dentibus conicis maxillaribus : cor- 

 pore pinnisque (prceter dorsali 2dd analique) cinnabarinis ; ma- 

 cula magna rotundata laterali media nigrd; punctis plurimis 

 infra et post oculos aureis. 

 D. 8, \. A.-j,. C.15. P. 16. V.f. 



Aflinis Up. lateristrigce , Cuv. & Val. Caput rotundatum sicut 

 in Mullo Surmuleto, L. 



UPENEUS IMMACULATUS. Up. dentibus conicis maxillaribus dis- 

 tantibus : corpore, basi anteriore pinnce dorsalis prioris, apiceque 

 lobi inferioris caudalis, cinnabarinis : cirris albis, ultra opercu- 

 lum productis. 



D. 8, i. A.i. C.15. P. 16. V.i. 



Affinis Up. chryserydro, Cuv. & Val.: sed corpus duplo latins, 

 rostrumque magis declive. 



The species characterized embrace instances of three of the dis- 

 tinct types of dentition indicated in this genus by MM. Cuvier and 

 Valenciennes. 



The original drawings by Mr. Abbott of the Lepidopterous In- 

 sects of Georgia, (engravings from which were published by the late 

 Sir J. E. Smith,) were exhibited. The Committee was indebted to 

 Mr. Henry Brogden, F.L.S. for this exhibition. 



Mr. Vigors referred to a pair of Owls which had been lately 

 added to the Society's collection. These were closely allied to the 

 European Strixjlammea, a species which is found with some slight 

 modifications of character all over the globe ; but from which the 

 present species differs essentially, exclusively of other characters, by 



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