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plate, not shorter than the soft portion as described. Our specimen 

 has a small black blotch on the scales at the base of the anal, and a 

 similar, but less evident blotch at the base of the soft dorsal. 



Family CHEILODIPTERID^. 

 Genus Amia Gronow. 



68. Amia novemfasciata (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



No. 8o8oa, C. AI. A single small specimen one and three-eighths 

 of an inch long; collected in a rock-pool at IVIount Lavinia. 



A medium band from occiput, dividing at dorsal, and running along 

 base of fins to caudal peduncle, on top of which it again is united. A 

 second band converging with its fellow at tip of snout and running 

 along back to upper caudal lobe. A third through eye to middle of 

 caudal base, where it slightly expands. Below it a silvery band on 

 head across opercle. A fourth band from maxillary running below 

 eye to base of pectoral and continued behind to base of caudal rays. 

 A short streak just above anal. First dorsal dark. A band across 

 base of second dorsal. Amia fasciata, from Australia, a species with 

 which this and the next have been confounded, is quite distinct. 



69. Amia endekataenia (Bleeker). 



No. 808 1 c-^, C. M. Several small specimens, three-quarters of an 

 inch long, seem to be referable to this species. 



The upper longitudinal bands are as described above in Amia 

 novemfasciata, but the band below the eye to the pectoral base runs 

 downward to the anal, instead of reaching the caudal. 



Family SERRANID^. 

 Genus DiPLOPRiON Cuvier. 



70. Diploprion bifasciatus (Kuhl & Van Hasselt). 

 No. 8082c, C. M. One specimen. 



Genus Epinephelus- Bloch. 



71. Epinephelus merra Bloch. 



No. 80830-6, C. M. Three specimens were taken. The spots are 

 farther apart than shown in Day's plate, so that the network of light 



2 A specimen of Epinephelus boenack Bloch collected by Dr. Jordan in Ceylon was 

 received by the Museum, but is not referred to in his manuscript. The Catalog 

 Number 8210 has been assigned to it in the Carnegie Museum. (C. FI. Eigenmann, 

 Curator.) 



