950 CONTEIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 
uotclied. Head 4^; depth 4J. H. XX, 24; A. 23; Lat. 1. 105; 1. tr. 50. 
L. 3 inches. Coast of Alaska ; known from young specimens only. 
(Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 154.) 
Page 601. Sebmtodes proriger ranges northward to Alaska, where it 
grows to a considerable size. In the original descriptions, both of 
EpiHephehis ciliatus^^ and Perea variabilis,^^ it is evident that S. pro- 
riger has been confounded by Tilesius and Pallas with the species for 
which we have retained the name of ciliatus. 
On page 665, after Sebastodes ruber ^ add: 
1019 (?»)• S. umbB OSiis J. & G. 
Light orange, overlaid everywhere with blackish, the latter color 
forming on the lower part of the sides reticulations in fine pattern, 
the centers of the scales being paler than the edges; sides of head 
with dusky shades; sides of back with some large areas of blackish; 
upper parts with 5 large rounded blotches of pink washed with orange, 
these blotches arranged as in constellatus, but larger, less sharply de- 
fined, and of a diflerent hue; the second blotch with a smaller one above 
it; a rosy spot on opercular flap; fins pale orange, shaded with dusky. 
General form of constellatus. Mouth moderate, oblique, the lower jaw 
scarcely projecting, its tip fitting into the emarginate tip of upper jaw ; 
iiiaxillary 2 in head, reaching posterior margin of pupil ; both jaws with 
small, smoothish scales. Cranial ridges rather sharp, lower than in con- 
stellatus- preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic, and occipital 
spines present; interorbital area concave, with two prominent ridges; 
the region much broader than in constellatus, | width of eye; supra- 
ocular ridge low, its spine smaller than tympanic spine; preocular 
prominent; preopercular spines all acute; preorbital narrow, with two 
spines. Eye large, 4 in head. Gill-rakers ratlier long and slender, the 
longest about half eye. Scales moderate, with many accessory scales. 
Horsal rather low, deeply emarginate; fourth spine equal to soft rays, 
about I head ; soft dorsal longer than high ; second anal spine large, 
24 in head; caudal slightly emarginate; pectoral not reaching vent, 
3| in body. Head 2^ ; depth 2^. H. XIII, 12; A. Ill, 6; Lat. 1. 40 
(tubes). Santa Barbara, California. 
(^Sehasticlitliys iimhrosus Jor. & Gilb. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882.) 
Page 679. The species here called Scorpa’na dactyloptera proves 
to have been correctly identified with the European species. It has 
lately been taken in considerable numbers along the Gulf stream. The 
