120 PEECID^. 



c. Adult : bad skin. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Kelaart. 



(1. Young. Borneo. From Mr. Fi'ank's Collection. 

 e. Young ; bad skin. From Gronov's Collection. 



46. Serranus ouatalibi. 



Parra, p. 30. pi. 5. f. 2 ; 3[argr. p. 147 (Carauna) ; Licht. Berl. Abhandl. 



1820, p. 278. 

 Bodiauus guati\ ere, BL Sc7in. p. 336. 

 Gjiiinocephaliis ruber, Bl. Schn. p. 346. pi. 67. 

 SeiTanus ouatalibi, Cur. ^- Val. ii. p. 381 ; Guichen. in Ramon de la 



Sar/ra, Hist. Cuba, Poiss. p. 15. 

 earaiuia, Ciu\ Sf Val. ii. p. 384; Castelnau, Anim. noxtr. ou rates 



de VAmer. du Sud, Poiss. p. 1. pi. 1. f. 1 (faulty). 



D. K A. ^. L. lat. 85. Cicc. pylor. 8. Yert. 10/14. 



15 9 ^ •' ' 



Caudalis rather truncated ; sub- and interoperculum veiy slightly 

 denticulated where they are joined ; prscoperculum serrated, teeth 

 of the angle not prominent, lower limb entire ; the ujjper spine of 

 the operculum largest and longest. Maxillary bone not reaching to 

 the level of the hinder edge of the eye ; diameter of the eye 5| in the 

 length of the head ; length of the head 3^- in the total. Red (in 

 life) ; head and body, and sometimes dorsal tin, covered with nume- 

 rous small, blue, black-edged spots ; a pair of larger black spots on 

 the symphysis of the lower jaw, and another on the back of the tail, 

 behind the dorsalis. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. 



h. Adult : female. West Inches. 



c-e. Adult. West Indies. 



f. Adult : not good state. West Indies. 



ij. Half-gro'wn. West Indies. Old Collection as Perca atomaria. 



h. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. From Mr. Scrivener's Collection. 



/. Adult. S. America. Presented by Sir R. Schomburgk. 



l--r. Half-grown : stuffed. West Indies. From Mr. Scrivener's Col- 

 lection. 



s-x. Half-grown : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. ParneU's Collection. 



il,z. Adult: stuifed. Lord Howe's Island. Yoyage of H.M.S. 

 Herald.— With the formula: D. ^. A. |. 



a. Adult : bad skin. Cape Yerde. 



/3. Intestines and ovarium of spec. b. Both halves of the ovarium 

 are nearly entirely separated. 



Skeleton. — The upper surface of the skidl is rounded on both 

 sides, with a veiy low horizontal branch of the occipital crest between, 

 not extending on the fi'ontal bones ; the space between the orbits is 

 concave, with a deep, oblong, triangular groove in front. The pos- 

 terior part of the orbit is strongly elevated ; the interior orbito- 

 scapular ridge is feeble, but projecting behind into a strong spine ; 

 the exterior is very broad and strong, covered by the skin only. 



