30 DISCOVERY REPORTS 



visible scales on head, but numerous small pores. No occipital pit. Two strong prae- 

 orbital spines, and 3 or 4 on suborbital ridge. Supraorbital tentacle about h diameter of 

 eye; other membranous processes at anterior nostril, on praeorbital, and on edge of 

 praeoperculum ; a few small processes on upper surface of eyeball. Palatine band of 

 teeth very narrow, its length about f diameter of eye. 10 gill-rakers on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Scales ciliated ; 3 series between last soft-ray of dorsal and lateral line ; 

 breast naked ; no membranous processes on body. Dorsal XII 9 ; third and fourth spines 

 longest, about twice in length of head. Anal III 5; third spine a little longer than 

 second. Pectoral with 18 rays, extending to beyond origin of anal; base rather narrow, 

 the lowermost ray inserted a little above level of root of pelvic spine and about opposite 

 uppermost. Pale yellowish brown, with indistinct, narrow, oblique, greyish stripes 



Fig. II. Scorpaena canariensis . x i. 



following the series of scales above the lateral line; fins all yellowish; a small dark 

 spot on the membrane between the bases of the sixth and seventh dorsal spines, another 

 between the seventh and eighth, and another between the third and fourth soft-rays. 

 Hab. Canary Islands ; off the coast of Angola. 

 This species does not appear to have been recognized since originally described by 

 Sauvage, and I have some doubt whether the examples from Angola are really referable 

 to it. Dr W. H. Longley has sent me some notes on the type of S. canariensis (185 mm.) 

 in the Paris Museum, but, although there appear to be some minor differences between 

 this and the specimens described above, I do not think it advisable to give the latter a 

 new name without actual comparison. 



Scorpaena laevis, Troschel. 



1866, Arch. Nati/rgesch., xxxii (i), p. 206. 



? Scorpaena senegalensis. Fowler, 1919, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., lvi, p. 214. 



Hab. Cape Verde Islands. 



A description and figure of this species has been given on p. 6 of this report. 



