no 



PEBCID^. 



dorsal fin ; a third black transverse spot across the back of tail. 

 Head, body, hinder part of dorsal fin, caudalis and analis vdth 

 scattered brown spots. 



Japanese, Chinese, and Cape Seas. 

 a. Adult. China. 

 6. Adult. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



c. Adult : stuffed. Japan. 



d. Adidt : stuffed. Cape Seas. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



e. Adult: stuifed. Sine patria. 



/. Adult : skin. Sine patria. From Mr. Scrivener's Collection. 



22. Serranus diacanthus. 



Serranus diacanthus, Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 319. 



nebulosus, Richards, (not Cuv. Sf Val., nor Bleek.) Ichfh. Chinn, 



p. 2.32. 

 schihpan, Richards. I. c. p. 231. 



D.7^6- ^^-l- t..lat.90. 



Caudalis rounded ; eye nearly one-fifth of the length of the head ; 

 length of the head one-third of the total ; suboperculum and intcroper- 

 culum entire ; the inferior limb of the prieopercidum entire, two or 

 three strong spinous teeth at the angle, the posterior hmb strongly 

 denticulated. Wliitish or brownish (in spirits), with five darker 

 cross-bands ; sometimes clouded or spotted 'v\^th dark broAvn, besides 

 the cross-bands ; fins, in dried specimens, with an obsolete darker 

 edge — in specimens preserved in spirits, -ndth a lighter edge. 



Bay of Bengal ; Coast of Malabar ; China Seas ; Louisiade Ar- 

 chipelago. 



a. Adult. Bengal. Presented by General Hardwicke. 

 6. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



c. Adult. China. Presented by General HardAvicke {Serranus 



schihpan). 



d. Adiilt. China. 



e. Half-grown: bad state. China. Presented by the Hon. E.T. 



Company. 

 /. Half-grown. Hong Kong. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 g. Half-grown. Hong Kong. From the Haslar Collection. 

 h. Half-grown: stuffed. Louisiade Arcliipclago, in 30 fathoms. 



Voyage of the Rattlesnake. 

 ?. Young: stuffed. Louisiade Archipelago, in 12 fathoms (sand) 



Voyage of the Rattlesnake. 

 1c. Adult. India. 



I. Adult. India. From the Haslnr Collection. 

 m. Adult. India. Presented l)y General llitrdwicke. 



23. Serranus striatus. 



Seha, iii. t. 27. f. 9; Parra, p. 50. pi. 24. f. 1. 

 Anthiaa striatus, Bl. t. 324 ; Bl. Schn. p. 305. 

 Tjutjanus ssf riatus, Lncf^). iv. p. 234. 



