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half the height of the third. The soft part of the fin occupies as 

 much space as the seven anterior spines, and is' about as high ante- 

 riorly as the tallest of them, but lowers a little as it runs backwards. 

 It is rounded slightly before and behind. 



" Scorpsena capite nudo subtus mutico, corpore miniato, variegato, 

 pinnis maculatis ; pectoralibus inferne rotundatis, incrassatis. Ha- 

 bitat in oceano Australise prope Motuaro. 



" Radii :— Br. 7 ; D. 12|10; A. 3|5 ; V. 1|5 ; C. 16* 



"Diameter longitudinalis 18 uncias ; perpendicularis 4^, trans- 

 versalisS. Corpus lanceolato-oblongum, pulchr^ variegatum. Caput 

 trunco latins, magnum, obtusum, antice depressiusculum, nudum, 

 cavernosum, spinosum, hinc inde ramentaceum, subtus muticum et 

 absque ramentis. Rostrum antice obliqu^ declive, superne gibbo 

 obtuso prseditum, supra hunc gibbum inter anticam partem oculorum 

 carina angusta, inermis. Ramenta capitis plurima, cutacea, brevia; 

 nonnulla suj^ra orbitas oculorum ; pauca in laterum angulis promi- 

 nentibus ; par maximum supra aperturam anteriorem narium, ovato- 

 oblongum, planum, extus lacerum ; reliqua linearia acuta. Spinse 

 capitis plurimae acutse ; par conicum erectum supra gibbum rostri ; 

 duse supra orbitam oculi, unica antice altera postice ; plures superne 

 et in lateribus seriatim digestae, basi compressse, retrorsum spectan- 

 tes, prsecipue posterioribus quee longiores, subulatse. 



"Maxilla superior obtuse retusa; inferior apice subtus gibbo 

 notata. Dentes in maxillis, palato et fauce. Maxillares subulati, 

 conferti, numerosi intus flexi, interiores majores. Palati aceroso- 

 subulati, aggregati, acuti, parvi. Faucium subulati, aggregati, acuti, 

 intus vergentes, numerosi. Lingua glabra. Oculi vicini, magni, 

 convexi, cute capitis communi tecti. Iris argenteo-miniata. Fora- 

 men narium posterius prope oculum, nudum, apertum ; anterius in 

 medio inter oculum et rostrum, tectum ramento magno, dilatato. 

 Branchiarum laminae nudae, postic^ angulatae, angulis spinosis. 



" Truncus oblongus, compressus, muticus, squamosus. Linea 

 lateralis pone caput pariim descendens, dein recta, dorso paulo propior. 

 Anus pone medium, pinna anali remotus. Vagina geniturse pone 

 anum exserta in papillam ovatam, compressam. Pinna dorsalis bi- 

 partita : pars anterior spinosa, 11-radiata : pars posterior altior sed 

 brevior, 11-radiata, radio primo spinoso. Pinnee pectorales medium 

 trunci non attingentes, latissimae, rotundatse, cute crassa indutse, 

 radiis inferioribus crassissimis extra membranam parum productis. 

 Pinnae ventrales obtusae, parum pone pectorales insertae, illisque 

 paulo breviores. Pinna analis, radiis tribus spinosis, reliquis longio- 

 ribus subaequalibus. Squamae Iseves, integrse, mediocres adherentes. 



" Color. — Totus piscis pulchre miniato-aurantiacus, maculis ma- 

 joribus rubris ; minoribus albis et numerosioribus, parvis fusco ru- 

 bentibus variegatus : subtus pallidior maculis majoribus albidis 

 ornatus. Pinna dorsalis dorso concolor. Pinnae pectorales saturatius 



* The numbers of rays are those given by Solander, the notation solely 

 being changed. It may be proper to remark, that when Solander began his 

 notes on the productions of New Zealand, he supposed that he was on the 

 coast of a southern continent. 



