400 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OP [1885. 



Mns., 1881, C ("Wilmington, California ; Santa Catalina ; San Pedro; 

 Santa Barbara); Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 278 

 (Ascension Islands; West Coast of Lower California); Jordan & 

 Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1883, 679 ; Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 1885, 

 109. 

 Sebastipistes guttata (Gill) Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., vii, 1877, 62 

 (generic diagnosis). 



Habitat. — Coast of California, from Point Conception south- 

 ward to Cerros Island. 



We have examined two specimens of this species, both from 

 Southern California. 



6. Scorpsna Thompsoni. 



Scorpcena thou'psoni Giinther, Voyage of the Challenger, Fishes, 1880, 

 24, pi. xii (Juan Fernandez). 



Habitat. — Juan Fernandez. 



This species is known only from Gunthcr's description and 

 figure. 



7. Scorpaena plumieri. 



Rascrtcio Parra, Dif. Piezas Je' Hist. Nat., 1787, 34, pi. 18, fig. 9 



(Havana^. 

 Scorpcena plumieri Blocb, Kon. Vet. Acad. Nya. Hand'gr. Stockholm, 



x, 1789, 234 (Martinique; on a drawing by Plnmier); Blocb & 



Schneider, Systema Icbthyol., 1801, 194 (Antilles ; Giinther, Cat. 



Fisb. Brit. Mus.. ii, 1860, 113 (Jamaica ; West Indies ; South Ameiica); 



Kn r, Novara Fische, 1866, 114 (Rio Janeiro ; Jordan & Gillert, 



Bull. U.S. Fish. Comm., 1882, 108 (Mazatlan ; Jordan & Gilbert, 



Bull. U. S. Fisb. Comm., 1882, 111 (Panama); Goode & Eean, Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Mus., 188?, 233 (Gulf of Mexico); Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 377 (Panama 1 ; Jordan & Gilbert. Proc. U. S. 



Nat. Mus., 1882, 627 (Panama); Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A. 



1883, 6S0 (Mazatlan); Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 137 (Key 



W est ; Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 1885, 109. 

 Scorpnna bnfo Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 1829, 306 



(Martinique ; Brazil ; Richardson, "Fauna Bor. Amer. Fishes, 18^9, 



800" ; Newfoundland, by error for Flnrida. 

 Scorpcp.na bufo De Kay, N. Y. Fauna Fishes, 1842, 59, pi. 70, fig. 227 



(copied). 

 Scorpcena rascacio Poey, Memorias Cuba, ii, 1860, 169 (Havana>;Poey, 



Syn. Pise. Cub., 18 8, 303 (Havana); Poey, Enum. Pise. Cub., 1875, 



40 (Havana); Cas(elnau, "Anim. nouv. ou rares. Amer. Sud. Poiss., 



1861, 7." 

 .' Scorpcena scrofina Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1833, 



465 (Brazil). 

 Apistes exul. Gosse, "Natur. Soj. Jamaica, 1856, 207" (Jamaica). 



