45. TEIGLA. 203 



d. Half-gro^vu. Island of Cerigo. From the Collectiou of the 



Zoological Societj'. 



e. xidiilt. Lisbon. 



/. Fine sj^ccimen. Lisbon. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



(/. Half-gro-mi. Lisbon. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



h. Adnlt: stuffed. 



/. Adidt : skin. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



h. Adult : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



6. Trigla capensis. 



Cuv. 8f Val. iv. p. 55. 



D. 9 I 16. A. 16. 



Scales extremely small, those of the lateral line without any ar- 

 mature. The snout is elongate, \nt\\ the ujjpcr profile straight ; the 

 space between the eyes is slightly concave, and its ^vidth equals the 

 diameter of the eye. Praeorbital anteriorly with about foiu- promi- 

 nent points. The fii'st dorsal spine is very slightly granular ; the 

 second is the longest, and rather more than the distance between 

 the anterior nostril and the angle of the prseoperculum. The pec- 

 toral reaches to the vertical fi-om the seventh dorsal ray. Brownish- 

 red ; pectoral blackish. 



Cape Seas. 

 a. Twenty-two inches long: stuffed. Cape Seas. Presented by 



Sir A. Smith. 

 h. Half-grown : bad state ; has been in chloride of zinc. Cape Seas. 



From the Haslar Collection. 

 e. Adult : stuffed : not good state. Cape Seas. Presented by the 

 Zoological Society. 



7. Trigla pceciloptera. 



Cuv. 4- Val. iv. p. 47 ; TJion/p.s. Pruc. Zuul. ISoc. 1837, p. 61 ; Yarrell, 

 Brit. Fishes, i. p. 49 ; Demid. Vol/. Russ. Merid. iii. p. 375 ; Guichen. 

 Explor, Alger. Puiss. p. 39. 



D. 9 I 17. A. 15. 



Scales extremely small, those of the lateral line without any ar- 

 matiu'e. The snout is elongate ; the space between the eyes concave. 

 Prasorbital anteriorly with small points ; a rather prominent ridge 

 along the prceorbital and the angle of the prseojierculum. Three 

 spines between the orbit and the suprascapula. Pectoral with a 

 large black spot, dotted with piu'e white. 



Shores of Dieppe ; Toughal in Ireland ; Black Sea. 



8. Trigla pauciradiata. 

 Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 91. 



D. 6 I 16. A. 15. 

 The upper profile of the snout descends in a gently oblique Hne. 

 Praeorbital anteriorly with small points, scarcely projecting beyond 

 the snout. Pectoral fins large, with the inside blue, with some un- 



