520 ADDENDA. 



Page 105, Sebastes marmoratus. 

 Specimen b. is now formed into a skeleton. 



d. Fine specimen. Amoy (China). 



e. Fine specimen : haK-grown. Amoy (China). 



Page 109. Scorpaena scrofa. 



y. Adult. Lisbon. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



d. Twenty inches long. Lanzarote. Presented by the Rev. R. T. 



Lowe. — This specimen differs from the others in having the third 

 dorsal spine elongate, much longer than the second and fourth, 

 one-half the length of the head. In aU the other specimens, 

 except specimen a, that spine is shorter ; and a portion of tlje 

 diagnosis, therefore, must be altered : " the length of the third 

 dorsal spine is one-third or one-half of that of the head." The 

 soft dorsal fin is composed of nine or ten rays. 



e. Half-grown : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



Page 110. Scorpaena ustulata. 

 Add to the synonymy : — 

 Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 2. 



Page 112. Scorpaena omenta. 



Add to the synonymy : — 

 Scorpaena militaris, Richards. Trans. Zool, Soc. iii. p. 90. 



Page 115. Scorpaena picta. 



d. Adult : skin. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



This specimen, although apparently otherwise not different from 

 the others, presents a long filament above each eye, as has been 

 observed by Dr. Cantor, Catal. p. 41. 



Page 123. Pterois volitans. 

 u. Half-grown : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



Page 124. Pterois kodipungi. 



Add to the synonymy : — 



Pterois niles, Cantor, Catal. p. 42 (not sjTion.). 



d-f. Adult and half-grown : skins. Sea of Pinang. — Types of Li*. 

 Canto I "s description. 



Page 125. Pterois nules. 



Pterois miles of Cantor is not synonymous with Pt. miles oi Bennett, 

 or Ft. muricatn of Cuvier. 



The species is distinguished by a broad band of erect spines along 



