378 Dr. A. Giinther on a Collection 



orbit. The fifth, sixth, and seventh (or the fourth, fifth, and 

 sixth) dorsal spines are the longest, longer than those of the 

 anal, and not half as long as the head. A deep notch between 

 the dorsal fins. Brownish or greenish brown, with numerous 

 irregular brownish black spots about as large as the pupil ; 

 an oblique brown streak from the lower part of the eye towards 

 the angle of the operculum ; fins black. 



Two specimens from Chefoo, the larger of which is 7 3 inches 

 long. 



2. Scicena (Corvina) albiflora. 



Corvina ? atbiflora } Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 226. 

 Pagrus macrocephalus, Basil. Nouv. Mem. Nat. Mosc. x. 1855, p. 222, 

 pi. iii. fig. 1. 



D. 10 I i. A. £ . L. lat. ca 80. 



The height of the body is equal to the length of the head, 

 and contained thrice and two thirds in the total (without 

 caudal). Snout not obtuse or truncated, but shorter than the 

 orbit. There are nine scales in a transverse series between 

 the first dorsal and the lateral line. Dorsal spines feeble, the 

 third the longest, as long as the postorbital part of the head. The 

 second anal spine strong, striated, three fourths the length of 

 the longest anal ray. Caudal fin rhomboid. Ventrals reaching 

 as far back as the pectorals. Silvery ; dorsal parts with many 

 oblique blackish streaks following the series of scales, and 

 composed of more or less confluent spots. The uppermost 

 dorsal series of scales white, this series being accompanied 

 below by a blackish stripe and above by a series of black spots, 

 each dorsal ray having a spot of this colour at the base ; the 

 upper part of the dorsal interradial membrane blackish, 

 separated from the basal series of spots by a whitish band. 

 The other fins whitish. 



Two specimens from Chefoo, the larger of which is 10 

 inches long. 



3. Scomber diego, Ayres. 



4. Cybium gracile, sp. n. 



D. 20 I 16 I ix. A. 18 I viii. 



Distinguished by its very slender form. The height of the 

 body is one sixth of the total length (the caudal fin not in- 

 cluded), the length of the head one fifth ; the depth of the head 

 equals its length without snout. Teeth compressed, but rather 

 slender and lanceolate, much narrower and wider apart than 

 in Cybium Commersonii. Lateral line but slightly undulated 

 below the second dorsal fin, without a decided downward curve, 



