G. SCOKP^NA. 110 



groove on the crown of the head ; the two posterior corners are formed 

 by the paroccipitals, a portion of the bottom by the supraoccipital. 

 There is a slight occipital crest behind the groove and below its 

 level. The basal portion of the brain-capsule is broad and depressed ; 

 the basisphenoid has no crest or foramen. 



The glossohyal bone is small, styliform ; the xirohyal rather feeble, 

 with the posterior side emarginate. The suprascapula is denticu- 

 lated ; the scapula and the coracoid are armed with a spine. The 

 radius is styliform ; the free space formed by it and the coracoid 

 is very narrow and elongate. Each pubic bone is composed of two 

 lamellae, the upper and inner ones only being developed ; there is no 

 free space between the inner one and its fellow. 



There are nine abdominal and fifteen caudal vertebrce, the former 

 portion of the vertebral column being considerably curved. The 

 centra of the second, third and fourth vertebrae are much compressed 

 in their longitudinal diameter, whilst their neural spines are the 

 most developed of all. The haemapophyses of the last three abdominal 

 vertebrae and of the first caudal vertebra are exceedingly strong, 

 and the ribs are attached to their inferior extremity ; the ha^mapo- 

 physis of the seventh vertebra has two pairs of ribs. The first inter- 

 haemal spine is very strong, and suspended on the ninth vertebra. 



All the teeth are in vilhform bands, those of the inter maxillaiy 

 and of the mandibula reaching to the extremity of the bones. The 

 vomerine band is narrow and rectangularly bent. The pharyngeal 

 teeth form broad patches. 



17. Scorpaena nesogallica. 



Scorpaena nesogallica, Cue. Sf Val. iv. p. 315 ; Ciw. Regne Anijn. III. 



Poiss. pi. 23. f. 1 (not good) ; Less. Voi/. Coq. Zool. Poiss. p. 213. 

 Scorpaenopsis nesogallica, Heclui, Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 1840, p. 159. 



The width of the interocular space equals one-half the diameter 

 of the eye. Crown with a deep quadi-angular groove, A large black 

 spot at the inner base of the pectoral fins. 



He de France. 



18, Scorpaena gibbosa. 



Bl. Schn. p. 192. tab. 44 ; Trosch. Arch. Naturgesch. vi. Band 1. p. 274 ; 

 Bleek. Act, Soc. Nederl. i. Amboina, p. 31, 



D, 11 1 ]-. A, ^. L, lat, 36. 



The height of the body is 3 to 3g in the total length, the length 

 of the head about three times. Temple and the upper portion of the 

 operculum scaly. The space between the eyes is very concave, and 

 its widJth is equal to, or rather more than their diameter, which is 

 one-fourth or one-fifth of the length of the head. Superciliary ridge 

 with several spines ; a deep groove below the eye ; orbital tentacles 

 well developed. The height of the spinous dorsal is less than half 



