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illisjusco striatis ; dorso olivascenti-Jlavo,fnsco notato ; alls cau- 

 ddque olivaceo-brunneis, illis alho parce maculatis. 

 Longitudo, 9^ unc. 



Ortyx spilogaster. Ort. capite gutfuregue atris, illo strigis, hoc 

 maculis, albis notatis ; collo, pectore, nucha, dorso, ulis, cauddque 

 palliile plumbeo-cinereis ; capitis crista elongatd recumbente, 

 strigis colli superioris, scapularihus, abdominisque lateribus Jer- 

 rugineis, his albo strigatis ; pecture abdomineque medio albo ocu- 

 latim guttatis ; abdomine inio crissoque albescentibus, illo obscure 

 fusco fasciato, hoc intensiiis brunneo notato. 

 Longitudo, 12 unc. 



As the most interesting of the Fishes exhibited, Mr. Bennett 

 pointed out a new species of Scombresox, LaCep., which differs by 

 its less ample mouth, the number and direction of its teeth, and the 

 smaller extent of the bony plate behind those of the upper jaw from 

 the Cyclopterus Dentex, Pall. This he distinguit^hed as the 



Scombresox lemuridens. Scomb. ore capitis dirtndium latitu- 

 dine ceqtiante ; labiis crassis, injeriore utrinque late lobato ; den- 

 tibus incisoribits maxilla; superioris verticalibus, itiferioris hori- 

 zontalibus, pone illas osse scabro utrinque parvo. 

 D. 8. A. 5. C. 8. P. 2.5. 

 Hab. in Oceano Pacifico, Chiliam alluente. 



In maxilla superiore dentes incisores approximati, elongati, sub- 

 sequales, (externis longitudine parum decrescentibus,) utrinque 

 tres ; dein laniarius parvus discretus, quem sequitur alter minimus 

 dimotus : in maxilla inferiore dentes incisores utrinque tres, quo- 

 rum primus major, secundus minor, tertius minimus, omnes ap- 

 proximati ; dein laniarius parvus dibcretus, et abhoc dimoli et inter 

 se discreti laniarii minimi tres. 



An Agriopus, Cuv. and Val., from the same locality with the pre- 

 ceding fish, was shown to agree generally with the description pub- 

 lished by MM. Cuvier and Valenciennes of their Agr. Peruvianus ; 

 but a deviation occurred in the number of tiie fin-rays, those of the 

 spinous portion of the dorsal fin being one less in number, while of 

 the soft rays of the anal there were three more than in the species 

 referred to ; the rays in the specimen exhibited being D. \i. A. -rV- 

 It appears therefore probable that the seas of the western coast of 

 South America, like those of the Cape of Good Hope, are inhabited 

 by two species of Agriopus; but it was not deemed advisable to 

 characterize a second until an opportunity should occur for a satis- 

 factory comparison of specimens. 



Various specimens of Syngnathi, obtained by Mr. Cuming in the 

 Atlantic Ocean, were regarded by Mr. Bennett, notwithstanding 

 some important differences in their p"oportions, as belonging to one 

 species, which he described as new to science, although nearly 

 allied to Syng. Acus, Linn. It may be thus characterized: 



Synonatuus Fi;cicoLA. Syng, pinnis pectoralibus,dorsuli, anali, 



cuudalique preeditus : rostro cylindrico, producto : scutis dorsa- 



libus quatuordecim, praanalibus sedecim, caudalibus xnginti sex : 



;i N 2 corpore 



