6. SCOBP^NA. 109 



Scorpius, WiUughby, p. 331 ; Ray, p. 142. 



Scorpfena, Gronov. Mtts. Ichth. i. p. 46. no. 103. 



Scorpaena scrofa, L. Si/st. i. p. 453 ; Gronov. Zoophyl. i. p. 87. no. 290 ; 



L. Gm. i. p. 1215 ; Brunnich, Ichth. Mass. p. 32 ; Bl. taf. 182 ; Bl. 



Schn. p. 192 ; Lacep. iii. pp. 259, 280 ; Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 188 ; 



Marte)is, Reise nach Venedig, ii. p. 42G ; De la Roche, Ann. Mus. 



xiii. p. 316 ; Rosenth. IcMhyot. Taf. t. 17. f. 2 ; Cuv. &( Vol. iv. 



p. 288 ; Gtdchen. Explor. Alger. Poiss. p. 41 ; Lowe, Fishes of Mad. 



p. 105. pi. 16. 

 Duhainel, Peches, ii. sect. 5. p. 94. pi. 4. 

 Scorpaena barbata, Lacep. iii. p. 274. 

 lutea, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 190, and Eur. Merid. iii. p. 371. 



D. 11 I ^. A. |. L. lat. 40-46. Csbc. pylor. 8. Vert. 24. 



The height of the body is Sg in the total length, the length of 

 the head three times. The head is entii'ely scaleless and smooth ; 

 the length of the snout is Sj in that of the head, the width of the 

 space between the orbits 7\. Space between the orbits deeply con- 

 cave ; vertex with a quadrangular groove, which is rather bi'oader 

 than long ; orbital tentacles moderate. The third dorsal .spine is the 

 longest, nearly one-half the length of the head ; the length of the 

 second anal spine is 2|- in that of the head. Red : body and fins 

 marbled with brown ; a black blotch between the sixth and ninth 

 dorsal spines. 



Mediterranean and the parts of the Atlantic nearest to it. 



a. Large specimen : stuffed. Mediterranean. 



h. Adult. Mediterranean. From the Haslar Collection. 



c. Adult : skeleton. Mediterranean. 



d. HaK-grown : skin. Mediterranean. From the Collection of the 



Zoological Society. 



e-h. Half-grown : bad state. Malta. From the Haslar Collection. 



i. Half-grown. Dalmatia. Purchased of Dr. Heckel. 



Ic. Young. North Africa. Presented by J. Burton, Esq. 



I. Large specimen : stuffed. Lisbon. Presented by G. Hough, Esq. 



m. Half -grown : stuffed. Lisbon. 



n. Half-grown. River Kiger. From Mr. Eraser's Collection. 



0. Half-grown. Azores. From Ida Pfeiffer's Collection. 



p. Adult. Madeii-a. From the Haslar Collection. 



5. Half-grown. Madeira. From the Haslar Collection. 



r. Young. Madeira. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



s. Adult. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



t. Adult: stuffed. 



u, V. Half-grown : stuffed : not good state. 



w, X. Young : bad state. 



y. Half-grown : skin. From Mr. YarreU's Collection. 



z, a. Adult: stuffed: bad state. From the Collection of the Zoolo- 

 gical Society. 



/3, Stomach and pyloric caeca of specimen c. 



SJceleton. — The structure of the skeleton is so very much Like that 

 of Sebastes, that a separation into two genera appears to be admissible 

 for convenience sake only. The quadrangular groove on the occiput 



