226 REPORT—1845. 
“ Yellow Pichere”? (Reeves) ; Hwang hwo “ Yellow hwé fish” (Birch) ; 
Wong wak (Bridgem. Chrest. 99). 
The figure of the hwang-hwa is the nearest in Mr. Reeves’s portfolio to the plate of the 
* Fauna Japonica’ quoted above, but it does not agree exactly with it, the profile of the forehead 
differing a little, and the anal spine being rather stronger. We have seen no specimen that 
could be referred to this species. 
Hab. Japan, China, and the Indian ocean. 
Corvina CATALEA, C. et V. v. p. 128. Lutjan diacanthe, Lacépéde, iv. pp. 
195 et 244. Katchelee, Russell, 116; Icon. Reeves, 207 ; Hardw. Acanth. 
128. Chinese name, Man yu (Reeves); Man i (Bridgem. Chrest. 174). 
Rad. D. 10|-1|21 ; A.2|7;P.19 vel 20; V.1|5. (Chin. Spec. Brit. Mus.) 
A Chinese specimen of this fish, 93 inches long, has been deposited in the British Museum 
by John Reeves, Esq. The spots are as in Russell’s plate, with a few more of them descend- 
ing below the lateral line, but there are also two rows of spots on the first dorsal, which are 
only obscurely indicated in Mr. Reeves’s figure. 
Hab. Indian ocean. Chinasea. Canton. 
CoRVINA NALLA-KATCHELEE, Russell, 115; Icon. Reeves, 225; Hardw. 
Acanth. 134. Chinese name, Ma-man (Birch) ; Ma pin (Reeves). Rad. 
D. 10|-28;A. 2/7; P. 16; V.1|5. (Chin. Spec. Brit. Mus.) 
The British Museum possesses a mounted specimen of this fish and one in spirits, both 
brought from Canton by Mr. Reeves. Russell says that the Coromandel fishermen take this 
to be the male of C. catalea. The differences in the numbers of the rays of the fins seem to 
render it expedient to keep them distinct ; the snout of this is more obtuse; like the pre- 
ceding, it has five pores on the lower jaw; the second anal spine is only half the length of the 
soft rays. 
Hab. Indian and China seas. Canton. 
CorviNA? ALBIFLORA, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, 8.48; Hardw. Acanth. 
Chinese name, Pih hwa (Birch); Pih fa (Reeves), “ White flower ;”’ Pak 
sfa (Bridgem. Chrest. 129). 
This is apparently a Corvina with stronger teeth than the other species in Mr. Reeves’s port- 
folio, but we have seen no specimen that can be referred to it, nor can we identify it with any 
one described in the ‘ Histoire des Poissons’ by the short accounts of the speeies therein men- 
tioned. ‘The base of the second dorsal is marked by a row of black dots, one on each ray. 
The general colour is silvery with pale bluish-gray on the discs of the scales, the gray tint 
deepening along the dorsal line. Pectorals, fronts of the ventrals and anal and lobes of the 
caudal, more or less deeply tinged with orange or yellow. First dorsal darker than the other 
fins, but there are no spots except the row on the base of the second dorsal. 
Hab. Canton. 
Umprina russE.il, C. et V.v. p. 178; Qualar-katchelee, Russell, 118 ; 
‘Icon. Reeves, 8.37; Hardw. Acanth. Chinese name, Sdng seu hwa 
(Birch); “Live pencil-beard” (Reeves); Shang ssi wak (Bridgem. 
Chrest. 175). Rad. D. 11|27; A. 2|7; C.15¢; V.1|5. (Spec. Camb. 
Ph. Inst.) 
The Cambridge Philosophical Institution is indebted to the Rev. George Vachell for a Can- 
ton specimen of this fish. Jt has a mesial barbel on the chin, with a deep pore on each 
side of it, and fifty scales on the lateral line. The whole fish is brightly nacry with a pale 
reddish-brown tint along the dorsal line; pale yellow second dorsal, pectorals, and ventrals ; 
and front of anal yellow or orange. 
Hab. Indian and China seas. Canton. 
Fam. HzMuLonip&. 
DIAGRAMMA cIncTUM, Temm. et Schl. F. J. p.61. pl. 26.f. 1; Icon. Reeves, 
82; Hardw. Acanth. Chinese name, Hwa juen shin, “ Flowery soft lips” 
(Birch) ; Fa juen shen (Reeves); Fé un shan (Bridgem. Chrest. 95). 
The Chinese collection at Hyde Park and the British Museum contain several specimens of 
this fish, which we have compared with a specimen of Biirger’s from Japan, also belonging to 
the latter institution. The bands of colour, and indeed the whole form of the fish, are singu- 
