1899.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 485 



base of the A. which is shorler than the base of the soft D. 

 Total length of the specimen about 10| inches. No. 23,276. 



3. Holocentrus poecilopterus Bleeker. 



Natiuirk. Tydsch. voor Nederl. Imlie, Deel VII (New Series, IV), 1854, 

 p. 356. 



The three specimens which I refer to this species have the fol- 

 lowing fin formula: D. xi, 14; xi, 14; xi, 14. A. iv, 9; iv, 9; 

 iii ?, 6 ? '(the first A. spine of this latter specimen I am inclined 

 to tliiuk is really the second, though I am able to find but three) ; 

 P. i, 13; i, 13; i, 13; V. i, 7; i, 7 ; i, 7. The scales in 

 the lateral line average about 52. The first ray of the soft D. 

 is not conspicuously enlarged and is much shorter than the second 

 and third which are the longest rays of the fin. The row of large 

 horny scales at the base of the A. is well developed in all three 

 examples. 



Nos. 23,277, 23,278 and 23,279. 



SERRANIDiB. 



4. Bodianus guttatus Bloch. 



Ausl. Fisclie, IV, 1790, p. 36, pi. ccxxiv. 

 Three specimens. Nos. 23,280, 23,281 and 23,282. 



5. Epinephelus merra Bloch. 



L. c, VII, 1793, p. 17, pi. cccxxix. 

 Three specimens. No?. 23,283, 23,284 and 23,285. 

 LUTIANID^. 



6. Lutianus bohar (Forskal). 



Sciosna boliar Forskal, Descript. Animal., 1775, p. 46. 



Form of the body oblong, compressed. Head large, 3;^ in total 

 length, greater than the depth of the body which is about 3f in 

 the total length. Snout prominent, mouth large and with large 

 maxillary which does not extend posteriorly beyond the anterior 

 half of the eye. The width of the maxillary at its distal extrem- 

 ity is equal to half the diameter of the eye. Eyes 4^ in head and 

 very slightly over twice their diameter in the snout, and situated 

 in the upper central portion of the head. Prajorbital bones large, 

 ensheathing the upper portion of the maxillaries. The inter- 

 orbital width grealer than the diameter of the eye and with the 

 surface only slightl}' convex. The posterior margin of the prseoper- 

 culum is finely serrated above the notch, which is moderate, lielow 



