110 PEECID^. 



dorsal fin ; a third black transverse spot across the back of tail. 

 Head, body, hinder part of dorsal fin, caudalis and analis with 

 scattered brown spots. 



Japanese, Chinese, and Cape Seas. 



(t. Adult. China. 



b. Adnlt. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



c. Adult : stnfied. Japan. 



d. Adult : stirffed. Cape Seas. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



e. Adult : stuffed. Sine patria. 



/. Adult : skin. >Sine patiia. From Mr. Scrivener's Collection. 



22. Serranus diacanthus. 



Serranus diacanthus, Cnv. <§• Val. ii. p. 319. 



nebulosus, Richards, (not Cuv. ^ Val., nor Bleck.) Ichth. C/iuia, 



p. 232. 

 .schihpan, Richavds. I. c. p. 231. 



Caudalis rounded ; eye nearly one-fifth of the length of the head ; 

 length of the head one-third of the total ; suboporculum and iuteroper- 

 ciiliun entire ; the inferior limb of the praeoperciilum cntii'e, two or 

 three strong spinous teeth at the angle, the posterior limb strongly 

 denticulated. Whitish or brownish (in spirits), with five darker 

 cross-bands ; sometimes clouded or spotted with dark brown, besides 

 the cross-bands ; fins, in dried specimens, with an obsolete darker 

 edge — in specimens preseiwed in spirits, with a lighter edge. 



Bay of Bengal ; Coast of Malabar ; China Seas ; Loidsiade Ar- 

 chipelago. 



a. Adult. Bengal. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



h. Adult : stufted. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



c. Adult. China. Presented by General Hard^\'icke (Se^-ranux 



schihpan). 



d. Adult. China. 



e. Half-grown: bad state. China. Presented by the Hon. E.T. 



Company. 

 /. Half-grown. Hong Kong. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 (/. Half-gro-mi. Hong Kong. From the Haslar Collection. 

 7i. Half-grown : stuftl'd. Louisiade Archipelago, in liO fathoms. 



Voyage of the Rattlesnake. 

 i. Young: stuffed. Loui.siade Archipelago, in 12 fathoms (sand). 



Voyage of the Rattlesnake. 

 k. Adult. India. 



I. Adult. India. From the Haslar Collection. 

 m. Adult. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



23. Serranus striatus. 



Si'ha, iii. t. 27. f. 9; PHnvi, p. 50. pi. 24. f. 1. 

 Antliia.? striatus, £1. t. 32-4; RL Schn. p. 305. 

 Lutjanus striatus, Lacep. iv. p. 234. 



