23. ANTHIAS. 89 



/. Adult. Dalmatia. 



k, 1. Half-grown. Adriatic. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



m, n. Adult. Europe. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



0. Half-grown. Europe. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



p. Half-gro^\^l. Eiu'ope. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



q. Adult : not good state. Europe. From the Haslar Collection. 



r. Adult : very bad state. Eiu'ope. Old Collection. 



s. Half-grown : stuffed. Em-ope. From Mr. YarreU's Collection, 



2. Anthias borbonius. 



Serranus borbonius, Cm: ^- Val. ii. p. 263 (not Quoy ^ Gaim.). 

 D.^. A.f 



Thii'd spine of dorsal, ventral, and caudal fins much elongate. 

 Angle of praeoperculum with thi'ee stronger teeth. Greyish, with 

 large brown spots. 



Isle de France. 



a. Adult. Mam-itius. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



3. Anthias squamipinuis. 



Peters, Wiegm. Archiv, 1855, p. 230. 



D. f^. A. |. L. lat. 44. L. transv. 3/15. 



The thii'd dorsal spine filiform ; ventrals not elongate ; fins covered 

 with rather large scales far beyond the base. Operculum Avith two 

 strong spines ; praeoperculum with stronger denticulations at the 

 angle. Eed, with a blue line from the orbit to the root of the 

 pectorals. (Peters.) 



Coast of Mozambique. 



4. Anthias asperilinguis. (Plate VIII.) 

 E. 7. D. J5. A. \. L. lat. 37. L. transv. 4/17. 



Only ventral and caudal fins much elongate ; tongue with teeth ; 

 praeoperculum minutely serrated, with some obsolete denticulations 

 at the angle. 



a. Adult. South America. Presented by Sir E. Schomburgk. 



Description of the specimen. — The form of the body is rather elevated 

 and compressed, its height being comprised 2\ in the total length 

 (without caudal fin). The head is rather short, with very obtuse and 

 short muzzle ; it is one-third of the total length (without caudal) ; the 

 eye is large, its diameter being much larger than the distance between 

 the eyes or the extent of tlie snout, and forming nearly one-third of 

 the length of the head. The head is covered all over with ctenoid 

 scales, much smaller than those of the trunk. The cleft of the 

 month is very oblique, the upper maxillaiy bone suddenly widening, 



