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**Moutli large, the mandible reaching beyond the vertical from the front of the orbit r 

 no distinct transverse groove bet-n-een and beliind orbits: preopercular spine 

 with a smaller one at base : dark blotches on spinous dorsal dili'use, not ocel- 

 lated. (Subgenus Chriolax* nobis.) 

 t Sides of body with one or more distinct dark longitudinal bands : spines on head 

 moderate, compressed. 

 P. evolans (L.) Gill. 



Coloration olive-brown above, luottled and spotted with darker and lighter, 

 whitish below : a naiTow dark streak along the lateral line, with a broader 

 one below it, which teiminates behind in a series of spots and blotches: lower 

 parts of head sometimes bright orange-yellow : pectorals blackish, surrounded 

 by olivaceous and edged with orange, sometimes with numerous transverse 

 dark lines: a black blotch on meml)rane of dorsal fin between the third and 

 sixth spines : soft dorsal plain or with two black blotches at base : ventrals 

 and anal deep orange : pectoral appendages slender, dark-colored : spine at 

 upper jiosterior angle of orbit but little developed : body robust : head 2^ in 

 length. D. X— 12, A. 11, lat. 1. about 55. 

 1 1 Sides without longitudinal bauds : spines on head all well developed, those 

 above closely comj)ressed. 



P. tribulus C. & V. 



Dark brown on sides and above, blotched with darker : a black blotch on. 

 membrane of dorsal between the third and sixth spines : second dorsal with, 

 several series of brownish spots, these forming oblique bars : soft dorsal with, 

 two dark blotches at base, the posterior of which is continued oblirjuely 

 downwards and forwards to below the lateral line: pectorals olive-brown,, 

 with dark bauds, which are more distinct towards the tip of the fin : pectoral 

 appendages strong, tapering, marked with series of dark spots : body heavy 

 forwanls, short and thick : occiiiital and supraorbital spines sti'oug and 

 "flattened like sword-blades ": head 2| in length to base of caudal. D. X — 12. 

 A. 11, lat. 1. about 50, 



LABRID.E. 

 Geiiiis TAUTOGxV Miteliill. 



31. Tautoga oiiitis (L.) Gthr. — Oijstey-fii^li. 



Eatber common. The young abundant about tlie wharves at Beau- 

 fort. 



Genus PUSA Scopoli (tide Gill). 



{CliocrojiiUs Gill; HuUchares Rupp.) 



32. Pusa graiidisquamis Gill. 



The original type of this species came from Beaufort. Another waa 

 secured by Dr. Yarrow. 



33. Pusa sp. (?radiataL.). 



A young specimen which we supposed to belong to this species, but 

 which was mislaid or lost before we had a full opportunity for com- 

 parison, was taken near Captain Duncan's wharf at Beaufort. Its life- 

 coloration was as follows : 



Bright green: a dark brown lateral band covering two rows of scales: 



*;tp£ia, want: C)'kai, farrow. 



