308 /.'• vit w of tJu Ft&h of Cula. 



This and the following Bpeciea form a group to which the 



gar Dame of Abadejo is applied, having greenish lips and a 



at angle on the preopercle. This species is easily recognized 



by nostrils and by the caudal, each ray of which 



ends in a point. Pectorals bordered with white. Body brown, 



with a violet tinge, covered with round yellowish spots, which 



ppear on the dried skin. I have had them 500 n,m \long. 



I 'ri*ot i<i|»is inter*! if in lit. 



Serranua interstttialis, Poly, Mem. ii. 127; Syn. 2^>. 



Also an Abadejo, distinguished by its nostrils and caudal as 

 ire. The general color brown, shaded into violet; all the 

 body except the head crossed in every direction by lighter lines, 

 to such a degree that it appears to be covered with square spots 

 of the size of the pupil, separated by narrow intervals, which 

 may be seen to a certain extent on the dried skin also. Pecto- 

 rals brown, with a black bolder ending in white; lips greenish ; 

 ipercle angular. Length 3 S 0"""- 



Trisofropis chlorofetomus. 



Trisotropis chbrostomus, Poet, Rep. ii. 2.". 1 ; Syn. 285. 



Distinguished from the preceding species by the .-pots being 

 rounded, smaller, and wider apart. Length :;;;<i"""- 1 have 

 pal eighl inches long, which have a caudal like the earlier 

 ones of this genus. Vulgar name. Abadejo. 



Trisolropit dlmidiatus. 



Serranua dimidiattu, Ton, Mem. ii. 129 ; Syn. 286. 



Tlir body ifl dark brown, tinged with violet above, and lighl 

 brown, tinged with pink, below ; a black spot on each side of 



caudal peduncle; front of the dorsal greenish yellow. I 

 en Done over a foot long. It has the characters of the 



