114 THIGLinJE. 



between the eyes is deeply concave, with two very low ridges ; the 

 vertex -with a shallow quadrangular groove, as long as broad, and 

 surrounded by spines ; spines of the head very strong ; a triangular 

 groove below the anterior angle of the orbit. Dorsal spines strong ; 

 the third to the sixth are the longest. Marbled with brown, greyish, 

 rose-colom*ed and violet ; the spinous dorsal with a black blotch ; 

 the caudal with well-marked broad brown bands ; axil black, with 

 large white spots. 



Atlantic shores of Tropical America and of the United States. 



a. Adult. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 

 />. Adult. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 

 c. Large specimen : stuffed. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scri- 

 vener. 

 d-g. Skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 

 h. Adult : stuffed. South America. 

 ■/. Adult. Presented by General Hardwicke. 

 k. Adult. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

 J-n. Adult and half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. 

 0. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 

 p. HaU-grown : bleached, 

 (jr. Young. 

 r-t. Adult : stuffed. 

 v. Adult : stuffed. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



8. Scorpaena grandicomis. 



ScorpsRna plumieri, Lacep. ii. pi. 19. f. .3, iii. p. 282 (not BI. Sckn.). 

 grandicornis, Cur. |- Val. iv. p. 309. 



D. ll|^. A.|. L. lat. 40. 



The height of the body is about equal to the length of the head, 

 and 3^ in the total. Scales on the base of the operculum and on the 

 cheek. The space between the eyes is very concave, without pro- 

 minent ridges, and its width is about 6i in the length of the head. 

 Vertex with a deep square groove ; orbital tentacles elongate, broad 

 and fringed. The third dorsal spine is about equal to the second of 

 the anal fin, and 2g in the length of the head. Reddish, marbled 

 with brown ; head and body minutely dotted with white ; caudal and 

 anal fins with broad brown bands. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a-d. Half-growTi : skins, Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 

 e. Half-grown • stuffed : not good state. 



9. Scorpaena picta. 



Scoi-pfcna picta, (Kuhl ^ van Hass.) Cut, 8f Val. iv. p. 321 j Cantor, 

 Catal. p. 40. 



D.n|l. A.|. L. lat. 37. 

 The height of the body is three times in the total length, the 



