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lum scarcely toothed, scaly, below the lateral line ciliated, above it smooth ; 

 D. 11. 17 ; A. 3. S. Galapagos Islands. S. olfux, id. Minute lobes at the point 

 of the dorsal spines, two spines on the operculuni, all the scales smooth ; 

 D. 11. IS; A. 3. 11. Galapagos Islands. S. erytliroyastcr, l)e Kay. Olive 

 brown above, red beneath, the vertical fins with a blue border and dark 

 margin; D. 11. 16; A. 2. 10; 2ft. Florida, New York. 



Jeuyus has instituted, in the ' Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle,' a new 

 genus of Scinmidtc, which entirely resembles the genus Serranus, the palatal 

 and vomeral teeth only being deficient ; he places it in a group with Htzm-iilon, 

 Pristipoma, and ])h','/,-n,,hua, from which, however, it differs in the want of 

 pores on the symphysis. The genus is called Priouodcs, the sp. P.fasciatus, 

 from the Galapagos Islands; D. 10. 12; A. 3. 7. In the appendix he re- 

 marks that the want of palatal teeth is a mistake, and withdraws the genus. 



Plectropoma patachonica, Jenyus, Beagle. Oidy two spines on the inferior 

 margin of the praeopercuhim ; D. 13. 15 or 16 ; A. 3. 8 or 9 ; probably only 

 a variety of P. /jraxllint/iim. Patagonia. 



Jeuyns forms a new separate genus from Centropistes georgiamts, Cuv., 

 Val. It is said to be distinguished by its herring-like form, toothed sub- 

 orbital bones, scaly jaws, small pectoral fins, and deeply-forked caudal fins ; 

 besides this, the scales, instead of the usual fan-like arrangement of rays in 

 the basal portion, present a triangular space, with the most extreme delicate 

 strirc parallel with the margin. The genus is called Ampis. Centropristes 

 fi-fi/facc/'x, Cuv., Val., is also probably to be referred to the same. 



Cent i-<t, -i-Ii/ix iibx<-H,-ti.<t, De Kay. Greenish brown ; S in. D. U. 1. 12; A. 3. 

 12. The author thinks that Ci<-lil<i minima is probably the same species in a 

 younger state. Onondaga Bay. On account of the small number of rays in 

 the anal fin the fish does not appear to belong to the genus Ceiitrarclms. 

 leuciscus, Jeuyns, Beagle, is probably D. ma Jo, Val. 



octolineatus, Jcnyns, Beagle ; with eight black longitudinal Hues, 

 tlie vertical fins spntinl with brown; 1). 12. 9 ; A. 3. 7. New Holland. 



Pinguipes fasciatus, Jenyns, Beagle; with twelve chesnut brovni trans- 

 verse bands, few palatal teeth, spinous pharyngcal teeth, abdominal fins 

 exactly beneath the pectoral; D. 7. 27; A. 1. 21. 



Under the genus Apliritis Jeuyns describes (1. c.) two new species : A. 

 itti.(1ul(tf/(s, with black transverse bauds and undulating longitudinal lines; 

 oin. P. 6; D. S. 25; A. 1. 22. Chonos Islands. A. porosus, with blackish 

 transverse bauds, with rows of pores on the under jaw, prseoperculum and 

 sub-orbital bones. 2* in. B. S. 25; A. 1. 22. Patagonia. 



Sphyrcena hm-i'dlix, Do Kay. Greenish above, lateral lines yellow, OJMMVH- 

 liini with one spine; D. 5. 1. 9; A. 1. 9. New York. S. nit/fipiimis, 

 Schlcgel (1. c.) The distance between the two dorsal fins equals 1-lth of the 

 whole fish; all the lins black; D. 5. 1. 9; A. 1. 9. Acropoma is the name 

 given by Schlegcl (Fauna Japonica) to a fish much resembling Mallits in the 



