LINXEAJS" SOCIETr OF LONDOy. 35 



(Linnean name.) (Modern name.) 



Sphyraena picuda, Bl. Schn, 



(152) Skin, 24 in. long, not iu good condition, divided in the 

 middle of the length into two halves. 



Garden's number on specimen : Xo. 5 (very faint). 



Eeferred to iu Garden's letter as " o. Blue-fish," Corresp. 

 Linn. i. p. 331. 



Mounted on a sheet of paper, with " CHROMIS" in Linne's 

 handwriting at the top. 



Aulostoma coloratum. 



(153) Skin, 21 in. long, in good condition. 



Without any label or mark, but probably " 11. Trumpet 

 Fish " of Garden's letter, p. 332. 



Cossyphus rufus. 



(154) Skin, 10^ in. long, in good condition. 

 Garden's number on specimen : No. 7. 

 Referred to in Corresp. Linn. i. p. 331. 

 Identified by Goode »fe Bean, p. 200. 



Monacanthus setifer, Benn., 



Yar. j(3, Giinth. 



(155) Skin, 4^ in. long, with the dorsal fin mutilated. 



Original label or number lost, but probably " 14. Leather- 

 coat " of Garden's letter, p. 332. 



Mounted on a sheet of paper, with " BALISTES " at the 

 top and '■'■ monoceros " at the bottom in Linne's handwriting, to 

 which species this specimen, of course, cannot be referred, as 

 it has only 29 anal rays. 



Linne (Syst. Nat.) mentions a Garden specimen under 

 Balistes hispidus ; but this cannot be our present specimen, since 

 it is described as having " corpus versus caudam setis exaspe- 

 ratum," of which no trace is visible in the present specimen. 

 The type of B. his])idus is lost. 



E. Specimens of Uncertain Date. 



Perca philadelphica (type). Centropristis trifurcus. 



(156) Skin, 9 in. long, in good condition, without any mark on the 

 cfr. specimen *. 



93. Mounted on a folio sheet, labelled by Linne himself " Perca 

 philadelphica." 



If I am right in supposing that this specimen was in 

 Linne's possession at the time of the publication of the tenth 

 edition, it follows that it must be regarded as the type of 

 Perca philadelphica, and, secondly, that it was not sent by 



* Is this specimen mentioned by Goode & Bean, p. 202 ? If so, I do not 

 understand their reference to " No. 14. Garden," which is (luite a difiPerent fish. 



d2 



