(5. SCORP^NA. 113 



and 3| in the total. The head has scarcely any scales, the scales 

 on the opercles being very rudimentary. The length of the snout is 

 one-fourth of that of the head, and the width of the space between 

 the orbits is contained 6| times in it. The space between the orbits 

 is concave, with two ridges, each of which terminates posteriorly in 

 a spine ; vertex with a shallow quadrangular groove, which is siu*- 

 rounded by very prominent spines ; orbital tentacles moderate. The 

 third dorsal spine equals the second of the anal fin, and is more than 

 one-half the length of the head. Eeddish, marbled -with lighter and 

 darker ; fins spotted with blackish ; a black blotch on the posterior 

 half of the spinous dorsal fin. 



Coast of Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand. 



a. Type of the species : bad state : has been in chloride of zinc. 

 Port Arthur. From the Haslar Collection, 



P. Scorpsena bynoensis. 

 Richards. Voy. Enh. Sr Terr. Fishes, p. 22. pi. 14. f. 3, 4. 

 D. lll-^. A.|. L. lat. 45. 



j o- 1 1 o 



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

 head 3^. The head is scaleless, except on the upper parts of the 

 cheek and of the operculum. The length of the snout is one-fourth, 

 the width of the space between the orbits one-sixth of the length of 

 the head. The space between the orbits is deeply concave, without 

 or with very inconspicuous ridges, not terminating in a spine pos- 

 teriorly ; vertex with a shallow quadi-angular groove, rather broader 

 than long, and surrounded by very prominent spines ; orbital ten- 

 tacles moderate. The fourth and fifth dorsal spines are the longest, 

 half the length of the head, and shorter than the strong second spine 

 of the anal. Body and fins variegated with brownish and whitish. 



N.W. coast of Australia. 



a, b. Adult. N.W. coast of Australia. From the Haslar Collection. 

 c, d. Young. Presented by .1. B. Jukes, Esq. 



7. Scorpaena plumieri. 



Parra, p. 34. pi. 18. f. 1. 



Scorp99na plumieri, Bl. Schn. p. 194, and NijaHandl. 1789, x. p. 234. 



pi. 7. fig. 1 (bad). 

 bufo, Cuv. ^ Vol. iv. p. 306; Richards. Faun. Bor. Amer. i'Ves", 



p. 300 ; Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 59. pi. 70. f. 227. 

 ScorpfBiia rascasio, Casteln. Anim. nouv. ou rares Amer. Sud, Poiss. 



p. 7. 

 Apistes exul (!), Gosse, Natur. Soj. Jamaica, p. 207. 



D. 11 I -L. A. -. L. lat. 45. Caec. pylor. 8. 



The height of the body is nearly one-fourth of the total length, 

 tbe length of the head not quite one-third. Operculum, temple and 

 cheek scaly. The length of the snout is four times in that of the 

 head, the width of the space between the eyes 5|. The space 



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