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ration of the back emitting six transverse bands towards the belly ; 

 opereuUim brown ; cheeks brown-sj^otted ; a large brown blotch in 

 front of the root of the pectoral fin ; fins not spotted. 

 Coast of Chili. 



10. Serranus albomaculatus. 



Jenym, Zool. of the Beagle, Fishes, p. 3. pi. 2. 

 V. -. A. y. 



Caudalis truncated. The length of the head one-third of the total ; 

 the diameter of the eyes about one-sixth of the length of the head, 

 larger than the distance between them. Praeoperculum finely ser- 

 rated, \\4th coarser denticulations at the angle and along the posterior 

 half of the basal margin ; suprascapula denticulated. The third 

 dorsal spine very long, more than twice as long as the second, 

 equalling more than half the height of the body. On the sides a 

 series of five or six good-sized snow-white spots, and one placed 

 above. (Jen.) 



Galapagos Ai-chipelago. 



11. Serranus rhyncholepis. 



Sleeker, Celebes, iii. p. 749. 



D-lfe- A-f L-lat.80. 

 Caudalis rounded ; the diameter of the eye is 44, in the length of 

 the head ; upper maxillary bone reaching behind the eye. Praeoper- 

 culum serrated, with stronger denticulations at the angle ; sub- and 

 interoperculum entire ; the spinous and soft parts of dorsal fin of 

 equal height. BrowTi, each scale on the sides with a lighter speck ; 

 fins immaculate. (BL) 



Sea of Bulucomba (Celebes). 



Bleeker compares this species with S. labriformis, Jenyns ; ha 



states the number of the rays of the anal fin to be — ; but as 



he always reckons the last as two, I am obHged to remove this 

 species from S. lahrifonnis into another group with seven soft rays 

 in the anal fin. Fui-ther examination of other specimens will show 

 whether I am right in so doing. 



12. Serranus gymnopareius. 



PEpiuephelus striatus, Block, t. 330. 

 Sen-anus gymnopareius, Cuv. 4'- Val. ii. p. 248. 



PraBopcrculum without scales, only its posterior limb dcnticidated ; 

 caudalis truncated. Body -with seven or eight dark-brown cross- 

 bands. 



Jamaica (?). 



