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ill head. Both dorsals faintly spotted, the spot behiud the fourth spine 

 diffuse and faint. Caudal with bars of spots. Back obscurely spotted. 

 Pectorals blackish and clouded. A whitish area on back between 

 dorsals. 



This seems to be the species usually called Peionotus punctatus. 



There is also a specimen in the Museum, labeled, apparently in the 

 handwriting of Valenciennes : 



"Triglapiinctatanohis, Bl.,253. Tr. caroZiwa, Bl.,2.52. Pr/o«o/«8 cvc7a«sLac^p. Buhio 

 volador Pdrra, tab. 38, du Br6sil. Quoy et Gaimard, exp'u Frej'ciuet." 



This specimen, .25™ long, in good condition, is of the same species as 

 the one described above. Longest dorsal spine 2^ in head. Pores in 

 lateral line 85 to yO. 



85. Scorpaena scrofiua. (Cuv. & Val. ix, 465.) 

 Specimen .21™ long, from Brazil. Gay. 



Color in spirits pale (red ?), marked only with numerous round black 

 spots on head, dorsal, caudal, anal, and pectorals ; a few on body. Axil 

 whitish, with some whiter spots ; a row of 6 dark spots from above 

 axil to anal, not in a straight line. Spots largest and most distinct on 

 pectorals and caudal, where they form irregular bands. 



Occipital pit deep, broader than long; spines on head high and 

 sharp ; four over eye, two behind occipital pit, two on temporal region, 

 and two behind these. Suborbital stay strong, with 4 or 5 spines. No 

 coronal spines. Cirrus over eye low, about as long as pupil. Gill- 

 rakers very small and short. Opercle scaled ; some scales on cheeks. 

 Breast scaly ; scales large ; some of them provided with tlaps. About 

 31 pores in the lateral line. Second anal spine longest, 2^ in head. 

 Third dorsal spine 2|. D. XII, 9. 



This seems to be a valid species, allied to Scorpcena grandicornis. It 

 may stand as Scorp-^na scrofina. 



86. Scorpaena brasiliensis. (Cuv. & Val., iv, 305.) 



A dried skin, .22™ long, from Brazil. .Delalande. 

 The color is faded, but otherwise, so far as I can see, this specimen 

 agrees with the species from Florida, heretofore called by us SCORP^NA 



BRASILIENSIS. 



87. Scorpaena inermis. (Cuv. & Val., iv, 311.) 



A small specimen from Martinique. Kicord. 



Spines on top of head all low and smooth ; no occipital pit ; no cirrus 

 above eye ; suborbital stay strong. Lowest spines of preopercle di- 

 rected a little forward ; breast scaly. 



Color brownish and mottled, much as in *S'. hrasilicnsis. Axil pale. 

 Three dark bands on caudal. A dark band across head behind eye. 



This is probably identical with S. occipitalis Poey and S. calcarata 

 Goode & Bean, in which case it should stand as Sookp^^na inermis. 

 Proc. N. M. 86—35 JaiiSias'Y S«, 1887. 



