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Labrus hiatula L. 



lu suggesting the name Hiatula hiatula, for the tartog, Goode and 

 Bean seem to forget that tbe Labrus onitis of the tenth edition, com- 

 monly and apparently correctly identilied with the tautog, has priority 

 over Labrus hiatula of the twelfth edition. 



Perca rhomboidalis L. 



In the tenth edition this name is based on the Pork-fish of Oatesby, 

 which is Anisotremus virginicus L. and on a Sparus of Brown (= Diplodus 

 unimaculatus). The name rhomboidalis is borrowed from Catesby, and 

 it is with Catesby's figure, I think, that the name rhomboidalis must go. 

 In this view it becomes a synonym of the earlier Sparus virginicus L. 



This species, ^^ Perca rhomboidalis,^^ gives place in the twelfth edition 

 to a Sparus rhomboides, having the same synonymic references, but with 

 a different description, taken from the specimen of Diplodus rhomboides 

 sent by Dr. Garden. This specimen is properly the type of rhomboides, 

 but not of rhomboidalis, and I see no reason why the former name 

 should give way to the latter. 



Perca guttata L. 



This species was originally based on a number of references belong- 

 ing to different species, with no indication either in the tenth or the 

 twelfth edition that Liiinieus possessed any specimen at all. One of 

 these references certainly belongs to the species represented by the 

 specimen examined by Goode and Bean, and possibly we are justified in 

 accepting this specimen as the real Linuiean type; if so, the name 

 Epinephelus guttatus may be used instead of that of Epinephelus apua ( = 

 lunulatus Poey). 



Trigla evolans L. 



This species is apparentlj^ identical with the Frionotus sarritor ot 

 Jordan and Gilbert. 



HeetQulon arcuatum Ciiv. & Val. 



The specific name plum ieri, which the writer and others have ineffect- 

 ually attempted '" to saddle on tbis fish" ever "since the time of Lac6- 

 pMe" (cf. Goode & Bean, p. 207), is based upon Lac^pede's bad engrav- 

 ing of Aubriet's bad copy of a painting labeled " Turdus aureo-ccer ulcus ^'' 

 by Plumier. Lacepede's figure is certainly of little value ; but Guvier, 

 who apparently had access to the original figure of Plumier, declares 

 that "le pere Plumier I'avait dessine bien avant Catesby et Duhamel." 



Of course, if this is the species which Plumier meant to represent, it 

 should be called Hcemidon plumieri ; if not, then Hcemulon arcuatum is 

 its proper designation. 



The badness of Lacepede's engraving, if Plumier's intention be ad- 

 mitted, has nothing to do with the question. 



This species is certainly not the Margate-fish of Catesby, which is 

 Hcemulon gibbosum {album). 



Indiana University, July 26, 1885. 



