NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 205 



August Wth. 

 Dr. Bridges, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Seven members present. 



August IS th. 



Dr. Bridges, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Eight members present. 



The following paper was presented for publication : 



" Description of a new generic type of Ophidioids. By Theo. Gill." 



August 25th. 



Dr. Bridges, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Seven members present. 



On report of the respective committees, the following papers were 

 ordered to be published: 



Description of a new species of CHCEROJULIS from North Carolina. 



BY THEODORE GILL. 



The discovery of a representative of the genus Chaerqfulis, so far north as 

 the coast of North Carolina, appears to be worthy of special notice. It is 

 therefore now described, and, as the genus is for the first time introduced into 

 the Fauna of the United States, a diagnosis of it is likewise given. 



Genus CHCEROJULIS Gill. 



Halichceres Riippell, Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehorig, 



Fische, p. 14, 1835. 

 Halichceres Gunther, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 3, vol. viii. 



p. 386, 1861. 

 Halichceres Meeker, Proc. Zoological Society of London, 1861, p. 411. 

 Chcerojulis Gill, Proc. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1862, 



p. 142. 

 Prochilus sp. Klein. 

 Labrus sp. auct. vet. 

 Julis sp. Cuv. et Val et al. 



Chlorichthys, Ichthycallus and Halichceres, sp. Swainson. 

 Platyglossus sp. Gunther, (Cat. Fish, iv. 143.) 



Body compressed, oblong, with the height generally equal to a fourth or 

 fifth of the length, rarely more. 



Scales rather large, (1. 1. 26-30) little smaller on the front of the back, the 

 breast and base of caudal. 



Lateral line deflected under the posterior third of the soft dorsal, and 

 generally branched on each scale. 



Bead naked, compressed, conic in profile, with the preoperculum entire. 

 Mouth scarcely protractile, with the cleft moderate and little oblique. 



Teeth in each jaw conspicuous ; in front two or four curved canines, and be- 

 hind, in the upper jaw, a canine tooth directed forwards on each side. 



Dorsal fin continuous, with nine pungent spines, and eleven to fourteen 



1863.] 



