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KUIWTEIt's 1>KSCHIPTU)NKH A.NIMAUL'M. 



(177:}— Apr. it.) 

 I IJ . . . . IVf roiiiy/.oii oirrhatus 1 Irptiitrrnia <iirat:i. 



(1773— Apr. 7.) 

 lU . . . .OyclopUriiH littoroas TracholochiBnuiH Iit<irouH. 



(1773— Apr. 13.) 



115....(>phiclinui lihuodos Oonyptcriis blncodiH. 



117 ... . Callioujiuus ai anthorhjuoliiiH HomcroioetcB acaiitborliyiic lius. 



118 l^ranosiopus ma<ulatii« Gouyftgiiiis iiiaculatuH. 



120 Gadus bacchus PsoudopbyciB bacchus. 



(1773— Mart. 27.) 

 122 Gadnscoliau Paraporcis coliaa. 



(1773— Mail. 27.) 

 124....Blenuiu8fono.stratus NotoclinuH feiieHtratus. 



(1773-April9.) 

 125....Iileuuius tripoimis TripU-ryuiioii triiiiimo. 



(1773— April 7.) 

 127 . . . .Bloimius littorcus AcanthoeliniiH litoreuu. 



(1773— Inn. J.) 

 127 ... . Blennias varius Triptorygion variam. 



(1773— Mart. 30.) 



128....Scorpaenacottoide8 Spbastapistes cottoides. 



130. .. . Plenronectes scapha Caulopsetta s.apha. 



131....Labru8coccineu8 Pseudolabrus'iailes. 



133 ... . Labrus celidotus Pseodolabrus celidotus. 



134 Sciacna lineata Latris lincata. 



136 ... . Seiaena maoroptora Cheilodactylas macropterns. 



137. ... Sciaena ciliaris Latris ciliaris. 



13g Perca lepidoptora Psendanthias lepidoptora. 



140 Gasterostcua punctatus SerioloUa f ? punctata. 



141.... Scomber dentex Thyrsites atnn. 



142....Esoxalepidotu8 Galaxias alepidotus. 



143 ... . Esox eaurns Sconiboresox forsteri. 



145....Mngil albula Agonostomiis forsteri. 



147....Sciaonatratta Arripis trutta. 



152. .. . Balistes scabor Monacantbus scat)er. 



(1774— Octobr. 10.) 

 Norfolk Island. 



292.... Sciaena cultrata Bathystctbua cultratiis. 



(1774— Octobr. 23.) 



301....Cycloptcrn8pinnulatii8 Trachelochismns pinnulatus. 



(1774— Octobr. 29.) 



304....Gadu8rhacinu8 Lotclla rhaciua. 



(Octobr. 28.) 



306....Spar.i.spiillua Coridodas pnUus. 



(Octobr. 18.) 



307 Soiaeiia aiirata Pagrosonms auratus. 



(Octobr. 15.) 

 309.... Perca proguathiLs Polypriou prognathiis. ^ 



IV. 



It is to be remarked that some of the species described by Forster have each received two 

 names Schueider, with the propensity coinmon in his time to change a name because it did not 

 seem to be as good a one as couhl be given, sul)stitiiting lor Forster's one of his own wliich snited 

 him better. Nevertheless Forster's, iu every case but one,* was also given. Forst(>r's names were 

 thereforeactually/)K<'i(s/j«hit the same time as Schneider's and in conuection with his (Forster's) 

 own descriptions. Whose names then shall be adopted, Forster's or Schneider's? Opinion has 

 differed as to this point, some accepting Forster's and others Schneider's. 



'Ophidium hlacodcs was Forster's name, but not accredited to hiiu, and Schneider had seen a specimen of the 

 species from the Cape of Good Hope; 



