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Umbrina ronchus, Valenc. Cauar. The body is higher thau in the Medi- 

 terranean species; the scutum above the shoulder is very small. D. 11, 

 25 ; A. 27. U. canariensis, id. (ib.) The first dorsal fin is lower, the second 

 longer, the body more elongated. D. 11, 29 ; A. 2, 7. 



Pentaceros Ricliarrlsonii, Smith, 111. Capite scabre striato, squamis panels 

 infra oculos ; thorace scutis parvis multilateralibus tecto ; deutibus crini- 

 formibus ; spiuis piuuaruin osseis, fortibus, longitudinaliter striatis, linea 

 lateral! arcuata. 21". D. 14, 9 ; A. 4, 8. Cape. 



Pristipoma ronclius, Valeuc. Canar. D. 12, 16 ; A. 3, 12. No spot on 

 the operculum. 



Synanceia asterollepn, Richardson (Voy. of the Sulphur). Capite sub 

 cylindrico superue plauiusculo, cute fimbriatula arete adhsereute tecto ; cute 

 corporis laxa, minute papillosa; colore fusco-pnrpureo punctis brunueis 

 miiiimis variegato ; piuuis pectorah'bus macidatis ; piiinis omnibus ad margiues 

 uigresceutibus. D. 16, 4; A. 4, 5. New Guinea. 



Sargus hot tent of us, Smith, 111. Corpore fasciis quinque verticalibus varie- 

 gatis ; maxillae deutibus iucisoribus duodecim, maudibulse octo ; piuuis ven- 

 tralibus postice subarcuatis ; pinna caudali furcata, 17i". D. 11, 13 ; A. 

 3, 11. South-west coast of South Africa. S. capensis, id. (ib.) Macula 

 nigra sub extremitatem posteriorem pinna? dorsalis ; squamis infra oculos 

 subquadraugularibus in ordinibus arcuatis dispositis ; deutibus iucisoribus 

 in maxilla ct in mandibula octo, pinuis ventralibus externe acumiuatis. 14". 

 D. 12, 15 ; A. 3, 14. South-west coast of South Africa. According to 

 Valenciennes (Ichth. d. Canaries) Lowe's Charasc ci'i-ri,/t's belongs to the 

 genus Sargus. 



Pagms Berthcloti, Valeuc. Cauar. D. 11, 12; A. 3, 9; red, with some 

 blue spots. P. aurif/a, id. (ib.) Spines of the dorsal fin very high; reddish 

 silvery, with four or five broad brown bauds. The author thinks it may 

 possibly be the young- condition of the former species. 



P yell us canariensis, id. (ib.) differs from P. vulyaris in the shorter snout, 

 less numerous anterior teeth, and larger molar teeth. 



Dentex filosus, id. (ib.) The second ray of the dorsal fin very much elon- 

 gated, the third and fourth less so. D. 13, 10; A. 3, 8. 



Letlirynus heematopterus, Schlegel (Faun. Japon.) D. 10, 9 ; A. 3, 8. Dusky 

 olive-green on the head ; brighter on the back, the scales have a brown 

 spot, throat and lips carmine red, fins brownish yellow, dorsal fins posteriorly 

 blood red. 20". 



Eoops canariensis, Val. Canar., differs from B. mdgaris in the broader 

 head and larger eyes. The colour on the back is silvery violet. 



Helamchthys, new gen., Schlegel (Faun. Japou). Deiitated teeth in one 

 row, behind which is another row of similar but smaller teeth, and behind 

 these a row of setiform teeth ; no palatal teeth. The species, which as yet 



