86 P'EB.dDJE. 



projecting angle ; sub- and inter-operculum entire. Caudalis cmar- 

 ginate ; pectorals extending to a white cross-band at the side of the 

 belly ; ground-colour brownish. 

 Cuba. 



a. Adult. South America. Presented by Sir R. Schomburgk. 



b. Adult. South America. Presented by Sir R. Schombui'gk. 

 e, d. Adult : skins. "West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



12. Centropristis psittacinus. 



Serranus psittacinus, 7 «/t'wr. Voy. Venus, Zool. Poiss. p. 299. pi. 1. f. 1. 

 D. i^. A. f. L. lat. 53. 



Operculum with three spines ; prajoperculum rounded ; the dia- 

 meter of the eye one-fifth of the length of the head. Green ; the 

 upper parts of the head and back red. Two large spots on the tail, 

 and six smaller ones along the lower part of the body and tail, 

 black, with red edge. ( Val.) 



Galapagos Archipelago. 



13, Centropristis atrobranchus. 

 Cuv. (^ Val. iii. p. 45. 



D. i^. A.l. 



12 7 



Operculum wath a single spine ; prseoperculum angular. Yellow- 

 ish, with five brown vertical bands ; a black spot at the gill-opening 

 beneath the operculum, another on the dorsal fin above the second 

 vertical band. Dorsal fin with small round spots. 



Coast of Brazil. 



14. Centropristis atrarius. 



Perca atiivria, Linn. Sj/st. Kaf. i. p. 485, and Linn. Gm. i. p. 1314 ; 



Gronov. Si/st. ed. Gr'ai/, p. Ill ; HI. Schn. p. 88. 

 Schopff in Schrift. der Naturforsch. Freimde Berlin, viii. p. 164. 

 Coryphiena nigrescens, Bl. Schn. p. 297. 

 Perca varia, Mitchill, lieport, p. 10. 

 Lutjanus tiilobus, Laccp. iv. p. 246. 

 Centropristes nigricans, Cuv. ^- Val. iii. p. 37. pi. 44; JUgiie Anim. 



Illustr. Poiss. pi. 9 a. f. 1 ; Dekay, New York Fauna, p. 24. pi. 2. f. G 



(5 in text). 



rufu.-^, Cuv. tS- Val. iii. p. 47. 



atraiius, Ihlhr. I. c. p. 42. pi. 7. f. 2. 



D. }5. A. -. L. lat. 50. Vert. 10/14. Caec. pylor. 4 {Holh-. 7). 



The height of the body is ^\ in the total length, the length of the 

 head one-third ; the diameter of the eye is 4| in the length of the 

 head. Supra-scapula denticulated ; operculum with two spines ; the 

 third dorsal spine rather longer than the following; caudal fin 

 forked, and with the middle rays a little elongate, but generally 

 mutilated. Greyish brown, each scale darker in the centre and on 



