362 THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 



84 — Chcerops notatus, All. 8f MacL. 

 Proc Linn. Soc., N. S. Wales, Vol. I, p. 344, pi. 16, fig. 1. 

 85. — Chcerops schonhinii, BTkr. 



Atl. Ichthyol. des Ind. Or. Nederl., p. 163, Labrid. Tab. 46, 



fig. 1. 



86. — Platyglossus Dussumieri. 



Cuv. and Val., Vol. XIII, p. 478, pi. 387 ; Gunth. Cat. Fish., 

 Vol. IV, p. 143. 



Halichaeres nigrescens, Bleek. Atl. Ichthyol., p. 118, Tab. 37, 



fig. 4. 



87. — Platyglossus immaculatus, n. sp., PI. X, fig. 1. 



D. 9/i2, A. 3/i2, L. lat. 26. 



My only specimen of this, a clearly undescribed species, is 

 under three inches in length and of a compressed form. The 

 height of the body is one-fourth the entire length, the snout is 

 one diameter of the orbit from the eye, and the mouth is very 

 protractile. The colour seems to be a perfectly uniform yellowish 

 brown, and the fins are without spot or mark of any kind. 



Family OPHIDIDAE. 



88. — CONGROGADUS SUBDUCENS, Rich 



Gunth. Cat. Fish., Vol. IV, p. 388. 



Macliaermm suhducens, Richards. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 1843, Vol. VII, p. 175, pi. 6, and Voy. Ereb. and Terr., Fish., p. 

 72, pi. 44, figs. 1-6. 



Several specimens over a foot in length. 



Family PLEURONECTIDAE. 



89. — PSEUDORHOMBUS RUSSELLII. 



Gunth. Cat. Fish., Vol. IV, p. 424 ; Bleek. Atl. Ichthyol., Vol. 

 VI, p. 9, Tab. 233, fig. 2. 

 A species of very wide range. 



90. — Plagusia guttata, n. sp. PI. X, fig. 3. 

 Dorsal rays about 100 ; no nostril visible ; height of body one- 

 fourth of total length ; rostral hook extending beyond the lower 



