108 TRIGLID/E. 



p. 316 ; Martens, Jteise nach Venedig. ii. p. 426 ; Cuv. ^ Val. iv. 



p. 300; Gronor. Sijst. ed. Oi-ay, p. 117; Dekay, New York Faun. 



Fishes, p. 38; Gidchen. Explor.Alyer. Poiss.ja. 41 ; Nordni. in Demid. 



Voy. Russ. Merid. iii. p. 378 ; Ayass. Poiss. Foss. iv, p. 199. pi. L. f. 2. 

 Perca, Gronov. Zoophyl. no. 291. 

 Corystion, Klein, Miss. iv. p. 47. no. 13. 

 Cottus massiliensis, Forsk. p. 24. 

 Scorpaena massiliensis, Lacep. iii. p. 269. 

 Duhamel, Pcches, ii. sect. 5. pi. 3. f. 2. 



D. 11 1 J. A. f. L. lat. 65. Caec. pylor. 8. Vert. 24 (? 23 Agass.). 



The height of the body is 3| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 31. The head is scaleloss. The length of the snout is one- 

 foui-th, the width of the space between the orbits one-seventh of the 

 length of the head ; the space between the orbits is deeply concave, 

 with two ridges, not tenninating in spines posteriorly ; vertex with 

 a subquadrangular groove, broader than long. Orbital tentacles well 

 developed. The third, fourth and fifth dorsal spines are the longest ; 

 their length Is less than one-half that of the head. The third anal 

 spine as long as, or longer than, the second, nearly one-third the length 

 of the head*. Brownish-red, marbled A\dth darker, and dotted with 

 deep black, the dots sometimes forming edges around the darker 

 clouds ; sometimes, in half-grown individuals, a black blotch on the 

 posterior half of the spinous dorsal, and the black dots on the caudal 

 fin arranged in cross-bands. 



Mediterranean ; crosses the Atlantic, and found at New York. 



a, h. Adult : stuffed. Mediterranean. 



c. Adult : skin. Mediterranean. From the Collection of the Zoo- 



logical Society. 



d. Adult. Dalmatia. 



e,/. Half-grown: not good state. Adriatic. Purchasedof Mr. Frank. 



g. Adult. Bay of Naples. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq. 



h. Half-grown. Bay of Naples. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq. 



i. Adult. Lisbon. 



Ic. Adult : stuffed. Lisbon. Presented by G. Hough, Esq. 



I. Adult : stuffed. Lisbon. 



w. Fine specimen. Lanzarote. Presented by the Eev. R. T. Lowe. 



n. Adult : not good state. 



0. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



2?. Half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. 



q-t. Yoimg and haLt'-gro\vn. From the Haslar Collection. 



ii-w. Adult : stuffed. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



x-z. Half-grown : skin. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



2. Scorpaena scrofa. 



2Kopnios, Arist. ii. c. 17, v. c. 9. 10, \ iii. c. 13 ; Athen. vii. p. 320. 

 Scorptena, Plin. xxxii. c. 11 ; Salv. f. 202; Rondel, vi. c. 19. p. 201 ; 

 Gcsner, f. 46 ; Bellon. Aqmit. p. 248. 



* In immature specimens the second ant^l spine is the longest. 



