372 the peoceedin&s of the linnean society 



Upenoides Vlamingii. 

 Upenoides Vlamingii; Cuv. Yal., vol. III., pi. 71. 



Already observed at Melbourne. This sort seems to be subject 

 to much variety in colour. 



The specimens seen at Sydney were of a dark brown or 

 scarlet on the back ; each body scale had a small round spot of a 

 fine light blue ; some lines of this last colour extend in an 

 oblique way from the eye to the mouth ; sides of the head and of 

 the body of a beautiful crimson colour ; dorsal and caudal fins, 

 brown, spotted with blue ; pectorals translucent ; ventrals and 

 anal of a dark crimson red. 



Tolerably abundant, particularly in May. 

 Lethrinus glyphodon. 

 Lethrinus glyphodon ? Gunther ; Cat. Vol. I, p. 462. 



The body is convex, high, contained three times in the total 

 length of the fish ; the head a little over three times and a-half 

 in the same ; the snout elongate and pointed ; the diameter of 

 the eye is contained twice in the length of the snout. The upper 

 maxillary reaches to the vertical from the posterior nostril ; molar 

 teeth on the posterior part of the jaws ; the canine ones of 

 moderate size; the fifth dorsal spine is the longest, the others gra- 

 dually decrease ; some of the dorsal spines are alternately rather 

 thicker than the others. The pectorals long, extending to the 

 base of the anal. Caudal fin very strongly emarginate. 



Of a dull olive colour, with very indistinct lighter spots on a 

 part of the scales ; cheeks and opercles yellow ; dorsal fin with 

 indistinct dark spots ; others forming two transverse lines on the 

 caudal. 



The specimen is about thirteen inches long. I believe it is the 

 same as glyphodon, described from specimens brought from the 

 Louisiade Archipelago by Macgillivray. 



Pagrus unicolor. 



Pagrus unicolor, Quoy. & Gaim ; Uranie, p. 299. 



The Schnapper is very common at Sydney, but the specimens 



are generally small. At Melbourne, the very large old males have 



alone the curious frontal protuberance that give such an extraordi- 



