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and spotted towards the tail, and leaving a line of numerous papillaj or 

 tubercles (altogether absent in C. scorpius) below the lateral line ; large 

 and irregularly formed white spots mark the sides, shaded around with 

 deep carmine and a rich chocolate-brown, the tinge towards the belly- 

 passing into rich orange ; the belly is also marked along the line to the 

 tail with a row of roundish white spots ; pectoral fins beautifully shaded 

 and barred, spotted with white, the terminal portion and margins of a 

 rich orange, resembling and emulating in beauty the rich colouring of the 

 Tiger moth ; irides of a deep golden yellow, tinged and marked with 

 orange. The posterior portions of the rays of the pectoral and ventral 

 fins are rough, with ciliated or minute spinous processes, which seem 

 to be characteristic, and are not present in C. scorpius or C, bulalis, the 

 rays in those species being smooth on both sides. 



This beautiful fish was recorded in the " Proceedings" of the Society 

 on the 1st of March, 1850, and was the only authentic record of its in- 

 troduction into the Fauna of Great Britain. 



The figures are drawn from life, on stone, by R. P. Williams, M.R.I. A. 



