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from a specimen sent by Dr. Garden from Charleston. This iSpanis 

 radiatus is Platyglossus hivittatus. The name Lahrus radlatus has pri- 

 ority, and must be retained for Catesby's species, which is the species 

 called by many writers Platyglossus cyanostigma. Catesby's figure is 

 not a bad one, and the name "Pudding-wife" is still in use for the 

 species. 



23. Alburnus americauus (the Carolina Whiting ) = 2lf<?«irCTJTMs aliurnus, (L.), or 



Menticirrus littoralis, (Holbrook). (Tab. 12, f. 2.) 



Type of Ctjprinus amei'icanus L,, S. N., ed. X, 321 afterwards, iu the twelfth 

 edition, referred to the syuouymy of Perca alburnus, L., described from a 

 specimen seut by Dr. Garden from Charleston. 



Catesby's figure evidently represents a Menticirrus^ although the 

 second dorsal is omitted and several barbels (instead of one) are placed 

 on the chin. I find nothing by which we may decide whether 31. albur- 

 nus or M. littoralis is intended. The large mouth suggests the former, 

 the plain coloration and pale pectorals the latter. Both are common at 

 Charleston and both are called Whiting. Under the circumstances, I 

 do not feel authorized to substitute the earlier name americanus for 

 either alburnus or littoralis; but if we must choose, Catesby's figure is 

 most like the latter. 



24. Mormyrus ex clnereo nigricans (the Bone-fish) = ? (Tab. 13.) 



I am unable to identify this figure, nor does it appear to have been 

 made the type of any specific name. The name '" Bone-fish" is now uni- 

 versally applied to Albula, but Catesby leaves Albula without vernacular 

 name, while he says of the present species that " it is common on the 

 shores of the Bahama Islands, and, so well as I remember, is called 

 Bone-fish." It is probable that his memory was at fault, and it is possi- 

 ble that the entire drawing was made from memory. It may j)ossibly 

 have been a Gerres (possibly G. lefroyi) which he had in mind, 



25. Cugupiiguacu Brasil (the 'RmD)^Epinephelus apua, (Bloch). (Tab. 14, f. 1.) 



Referred by Linnaius to the synonymy of his Perca guttata L., S. IS"., 

 ed. X, 292. This appears to be based especially on Willoughby's fig- 

 ure of Marcgrave/s Cugupugnacu. Marcgrave's fish is Upinephelus 

 itaiara, Willoughby's probably the Epinephelns cruentatus), {coronatus), 

 while Catesby's is U. apua. I have thought best to retain the name 

 guttatus with Bloch for Willoughby's fish, although the ijropriety of so 

 doing is not free from qaestion. 



Goode's statement (1. c, p. 58) that the Perca guttata of Gmelin is 

 based on this figure of Catesby is evidently a slip of the memory. The 

 description given by Gmelin is copied exactly from Linnaeus, who quotes 

 in his synonymy Marcgrave, Sloan, Willoughby, Bay, and Catesby, thus 

 including at least three different si)ecies, itaiara, apua, and guttatus 

 {cruentati(s). All these writers appear to have (erroneously) identified 

 their specimens with Marcgrave's " Cugupugnacu." 



