60 Zoological Society. 



. gitudinis {dempta pinna caudali) superante ; parte postica 

 {caudali) ahbreviata ; capite duple altiore quam longo ; sterna 

 JO postice in forcipem^ pr<Boperculo inferne in aculeum simplicem 

 ' desinente. (St. Olfersii, Cuv. I. c.) 



Arg. hemigymnus, Cocco. Corpore angustiore, altitudine di- 

 midium longitudinis {dempta pinna caudali) cequante ; parte 

 postica {caudali) elongata ; capitis longitudine altitudinem 

 cequante ; sterno postice in angulum simplex acutum, prceoper- 

 culo inferne in aculeos duos desinente. (Arg. hemigymnus v. 

 Sternoptyx mediterranea, Cocco et Buon. Faun. Ital. cum fig.) 



This extraordinary group of fishes offers many points of analogy 

 with BeryddcB. 



Fam. LiCHiiD^. 



3. Temnodon vadigo. {Lichia vadigoy Cuv. et Val. viii. 363. 

 t. 235.) 



A single example was taken in February 1 846, but it appeared to 

 be quite unknown to the fishermen, and is therefore to be regarded 

 as a mere straggler in these seas. 



If the genus Temnodon be retained, this fish has precisely the same 

 claims to a place in it as the common "Anchova" of Madeira (T. sal- 

 ^a^or, Cuv. etVal.). s 



Fam. ScoMBRiD^. 



4. Scomber colias (Gm.), Cuv. et Val. viii. 39. t. 209. {The 

 Spanish Mackerel^ Yarr. Brit. Fish. i. 131.) 



' In April 1844, the market in Funchal was plentifully supplied with 

 these fishes for two or three successive days. They were said to have 

 been brought from Porto Santo. 



5. Auxis vulgaris, Cuv. et Val. viii. 139. t. 216. 



A single example, February 3, 1845. Not quite unknown to the 

 fishermen, but its occurrence said to be a mere chance. 



6. Pelamys sarda, Cuv. et Val. viii, 149. t. 217. 



October 27, 1844 ; a single example, called "Sarda" by the fisher- 

 men, to whom it is not absolutely unknown, though, like the last, of 

 merely casual occurrence. 



Fam. T^NioiDJE. 



7. Trachypterus gryphurus. Corpore elongatOy maculaposte- 



riore laterali spatio tertiam partem totius longitudinis cequante 



a basi pinnce caudalis amota ; pinnarum radiis scahris ; linea 



laterali inermiy postice supra marginem ventralem desinente. 



VITI 

 {,^^^D.5+166; P. 10 V. 11; V. 1+5; A. 0; C. -^^ ; M.B. 6.,,^ 



Intermediate between T. falx and T. iris of Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes' ' Histoire,' vol. x. pp. 333, 341 ; approaching, perhaps, near- 

 est to the latter, but differing in its deeper shape | D=— , instead 



