380 Zoological Society. 



Some notes by Mr. Martin on the anatomy of the Grison, Galictis 

 vitlata, Bell, (Gulo vittatus, Desm.,) were read. They were derived 

 from the examination of an individual which recently died at the 

 Society's Gardens, and are given in the ' Proceedings.' 



Dec. 24. — Extracts were read from a letter, addressed to the 

 Secretary by the Rev. R. T. Lowe, Corr. Memb. Z.S., and dated 

 Madeira, November 15, 1833. They related to a collection of 

 Fishes made in that island by the writer, and accompanied about 

 thirty species presented by him to the Society, in addition to those 

 formerly transmitted by him, and exhibited at the Meeting of the 

 Committee of Science and Correspondence on August 14, 1832. 

 Those now sent were severally exhibited. They include the follow- 

 ing species regarded by Mr. Lowe as hitherto undescribed, and for 

 which he proposes the subjoined names and characters, further par- 

 ticulars being given in the ' Proceedings'. 



Serranus marginatus. Beryx splendens. (This new species oFBeryx, 

 — a genus remarkable for the excess in number of the soft rays of 

 the ventral fins beyond that which is normal in Acanthopterygian 

 Fishes, viz. five, — has their number (12) greater than any other ex- 

 cept Ber. Delphini, recently described by M. Valenciennes from an 

 individual obtained from the Indian Ocean.) 



Fam. ChjEtodontidjE. Genus Leirus. Corpus ellipticum, com- 

 pressum; squamis deciduis parvis. Caput parvum, nudum, declive. 

 Os parvum: maxilla superiore obtusissima ; inferiore breviore, trun- 

 cata. Dentes minuti, simplices, in utraque maxilla 1-seriati: pa- 

 latini nulli. Opercula marginibus serratis. Pinnce dorsalis analisque 

 postice latiores, squamosa?. Membrana branchioslega 7-radiata. 



Obs. Genus Bramce, Bloch, maxime affine. Differt praecipue den- 

 tibus palatinis nullis : etiam pinna caudali haud profunde biloba. 

 Leirus Bennettii. 



Tetragonurus ? simplex ( Tet. caudd utrinque simplici.) (If this be 

 a true Tetragonurus, Risso, (and there is no reason to doubt it ex- 

 cept the absence of the carince on each side of the tail which give 

 to that part in the type of the genus a square form,) it furnishes 

 strong evidence of the affinity of that group to the Scombridce. The 

 spurious finlets behind its second dorsal and its anal fins denote 

 a closer approach to the Mackerels than could be inferred from 

 Tet. Cuvieri, Risso.) Crenilabrus Trutta. Rhombus Maderensis. 

 Centrina nigra. (It is said that this fish does not grow larger than 

 the individual sent, (10 inches in length). It is intermediate in cha- 

 racters between Centrina, Cuv., and Acanthias, Ej. ; having the teeth 

 of the former genus, and the form of body of the latter, as well as 

 the backward position of the second dorsal fin. It is entirely black, 

 even on its under surface.) 



We observe from the List of Contributors and from the Index to the 

 first part of the Society's ' Proceedings,' now complete, that the number 

 of the former during the past year ( 1833) amounted to 47; among 

 whom, for the interest and variety as well as the number of their com- 

 munications or exhibitions, the names of the Secretary (Mr. E. T. 

 Bennett), Mr. Bell, Mr. Broderip, Mr. Cuming, Mr! Gould, Dr. 



