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* * Mouth large, tlie mandible reaching beyond the vertical from the front of the orbit : 

 no distinct transverse groove between and behind orbits: preopercular spine 

 with a smaller one at base : dark blotches on spinous dorsal difluse, not ocel- 

 lated. (Subgeniis Chriolax* nobis.) 



t Sides of body with one or more distinct dark longitudinal bands: spines on head 

 moderate, compressed. 



P. evolans (L.) Gill. 



Coloi'ation olive-brown above, mottled and spotted with darker and lighter, 

 whitish below : a narrow dark sti'eak along the lateral line, with a broader 

 one below it, which terminates behind in a series of spots and blotches: lower 

 parts of head sometimes bright orange-yellow : pectorals blackish, surrounded 

 by olivaceous and edged with orange, sometimes with numerous transverse 

 dark lines: a black blotch on membrane of dorsal fm between the third and 

 sixth spines : soft dorsal plain or with two black blotches at base : ventrala 

 and anal deep orange: pectoral appendages slender, dark-colored: spine at 

 upper posterior angle of orbit but little developed : body robust : head 2^ in 

 length. D. X— 12, A. 11, lat. 1. about 55. 

 tt Sides without longitudinal bands; spines on head all well developed, those 

 above closely compressed. 



P. tribulus C. & V. 



Dark brown on sides and above, blotched with darker : a black blotch on 

 membrane of dorsal between the third and sixth spines : second dorsal with 

 several series of brownish spots, these forming oblique bars : soft dorsal with 

 two dark blotches at base, the posterior of which is continued obliquely 

 downwards and forwards to below the lateral line: pectorals olive-brown^ 

 Avith dark bands, which are more distinct towards the tip of the fin: pectoral 

 appendages strong, tapering, marked with series of dark spots : body heavy 

 forwartls, short and thick : occipital and supraorbital spines strong and 

 "flattened like sword -blades ": head 2^ in length to base of caudal. D. X — 12, 

 A. 11, lat. 1. about 50. 



LABRID^. 

 Genus TAUTOGA Mitchill. 



31. Tautoga onltis (L.) Gthr. — Oyster-fish. 



Bather common. The young abundant about the wharves at Beau- 

 fort. 



Genus PUSA Scopoli (fide Gill). 



( Charojtdis Gill ; Halichoercs Rupp. ) 



32. Fusa graudisquamis Gill. 



The original type of this species came from Beaufort. Another was 

 secured by Dr. Yarrow. 



33. Pusasp. (?radiataL.). 



A young specimen which we supposed to belong to this species, but 

 which was mislaid or lost before we had a full opportunity for com- 

 parison, was taken near Captain Duncan's wharf at Beaufort. Its life- 

 coloration was as follows : 



Bright green: a dark brown lateral band covering two rows of scales: 



'.Ypeif:, want: (~>?Mi. furrow. 



