398 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OP [1885. 



4 in head. Sides of body brownish, with darker 

 brown marmorations ; a black spot on upper part 

 of spinous dorsal between the seventh and tenth 

 spines. Supraorbital tentacles very small (Stein- 

 dachner). Fernandeziana. 12. 



1. Scorpaena scrofa. 



Scorpcena scrofa Linnaeus, Systema Natura, 12th ed., 1766, 455 (Medi- 

 terranean Sea); Gmelin, Systema Natura, 1788, 1215 (Mediterra- 

 nean i;Turton's Linnaeus, Systema Natura, 1800, 756 (Mediterranean); 

 Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 1800, 259, 280; Bloch & Schneider, 

 Systema Ichthyol., 1801, 192 (Atlantic ; Mediterranean) ; Risso. 

 Ichth. Nice, 1810, 188 (Nice); Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. 

 Poiss., iv, 1829, 288 (Mediterranean); Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. 

 Mus., ii, I860, 108 (Mediterranean ; Malta ; Dalmatia ; North Africa ; 

 Lisbon ; River Niger ; Azores ; Madeira); Steindachner, Iclith. Notiz. 

 & Berichte, iv, 1867, 75; (Barcelona; Tarragona; Valencia; Cadiz; 

 Gibraltar ; La Corufia ; Vigo ; Lisbon ; Teneriffe ; Sentubal) ; Bean, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 23 (Gibraltar; and of authors generally). 



Scorpcena barbata Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 18C0, 274. 



Scorpcena lutea Risso, Ichth. Nice, 1810, 190 (Nice). 



? Scorpcena ustulata Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1)S49, 36 (Madeira); 

 Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 1860, 110 (copied.) 



Habitat. — Mediterranean Sea and the adjacent Atlantic. 

 The numerous specimens of Scorpsena scrofa examined by us 

 were collected at Venice by Dr. Jordan. 



2. Scorpaena porcus. 



Scorpcena porcus Linnaeus, Systema Natura, ed. x, 1758, 266 (Medi- 

 terranean) ; Linnaeus, Systema Natura, ed. xii, 1766, 452 (Madeira); 

 Turton's Linnaeus, Systema Natura, 1800, 755 (Mediterranean) ; 

 Bloch & Schneider, Systema Ichthyol., 1801, 192 (Mediterranean and 

 Atlantic); Risso, Ichthyol. Nice, 1810, 187 (Nice); Cuvier & Valen- 

 ciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 1829, 300 (Mediterranean, Teneriffe, 

 Caen; New York??); DeKay, N. Y. Fauna Fish., 1S42, 58 (copied); 

 Giinther, Cat, Fish. Brit. Mus., ii, 1860, 107 (Mediterranean; Dal- 

 matia : Adriatic; Bay of Naples; Lisbon ; Lanzarote); Steindachner, 

 Ichth. Notizen und Berichte, 1867, 74 (Barcelona; Tarragona; 

 Valencia ; Alicante ; Malaga ; Cartagena ; Gibraltar ; Cadiz ; Setubal ; 

 Lisbon ; La Coruiia ; Vigo : Algorta ; Santa Cruz ; Teneriffe); Bean, 

 I 'roe. U. S. Nat. Mus., 187!). 23 (Constantinople; Marseilles); Jordan 

 & Gilbert, Byn. Fish. X. A., 1883, 68 (Southern Em ope). 



Cottus rnassilensis Forskal, Desc. Animal, 1775, 24 (Marseilles). 



Scorjm/iii ma88%len8is Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 1*2!), 269 (Mar- 

 seilles); Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 1829, 303. 



