350 the proceedings of the linnean society 



24. — Gerres punctatus. 



Cuv. and Val. Hist. Nat. des Poiss., Vol. VI, p. 480 ; Gunth. 

 Cat. Fish., Vol. I, p. 260. 



I am not at all satisfied of the identity of this species. The 

 descriptions of it are poor and unfortunately it is not figured in 

 Bleeker's splendid atlas. 



25. — Gerres profundus, n. sp., PI. VII, fig. 3. 



D. 9/io, A. 3/ 7j L. lat. 42. 



This is the deepest shaped Gerres I have seen. The 

 height of the body is one half the length without the 

 caudal fin ; the forehead between the eyes is flat, depressed, 

 and less than the diameter of the orbit; first dorsal spine 

 very small, the third is longer than the second and is 2\ 

 times in the height of the body ; the second and third anal spines 

 are about equal ; caudal fins broad and furcate ; the pectorals 

 reach to the commencement of the anal rays ; colour bright 

 silvery, a faint spotted band along the middle of the dorsal fin. 



Two specimens 7 inches long. 



Family MULLID^E. 



26. — Upeneoides tragula. 



Richards Ichth. Chin., p. 220 ; Gunth. Cat. Fish., Vol. I, p. 

 398. 



I have some doubts about this species. My specimen is 5 

 inches long. 



Family SPARIDJG. 



27. — Lethrinus fusciceps, n. sp. PL VIII, fig. 1. 



D. 10/9, A. 3/ 8j L. lat. 47. 



Height one -third of total length ; profile straight ; two 

 diameters of the orbit between the eye and the muzzle, and 

 rather more than four diameters in the length of the head ; 

 mouth narrow ; teeth conical with two distinct canines 

 in the lower jaw ; tail emarginate ; dorsal spines rather slender, 



