CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



S. 



S. chlorostiitiis. 



Mandible scaled, except about the Mandible entirely naked. 



pores. 



Maxillary with a few scales above. 



Maxillary pretty evenly scaled. Preorbital with an anterior simple 



Preorbital with a posterior spine only, : spine, or a posterior sinuate 3 to 



which on one side is forked at the , 4-pointed spine. 



tip. 

 Interorbital flattish, with a deep me 



dian groove, if in orbit. 

 Orbit 4 in length of head 



Interorbital deeply concave with a 

 deep median groove, i^ in orbil. 

 Orbit, 3^ in head. 

 Second preopercular spine directed 



Second preopercular spine directed \ clown ward and backward. 



downward and >-««n/.* ^ ^-'^^"^ ^"'-^^ ^P'^^ ^^ in length of 



Second anal spine zVt, in length of head. 



jjg^^j Peritoneum very dark. 



Peritoneum white or dusky. ^""^e" spots on back well defined. 

 Spots of back having a washed or 



faded appearance. 



17. Sebastodes aereus sp. nov. (= uvihrosus?) 



Two specimens of this species were brought into the 

 San Diego markets on November 7, 1889. They came 

 from near the Coronado Islands and measure .26 and .28 

 m. Others were procured January 9 and 24. 



Catalogue No. 1070. 



Closely related to 5. rhodochloris J. & G. 



Head 2^-234: ; depth 2^)^-3; D. XIII, 12^^-13 ; A. Ill, 

 6^ ; lat. 1. (pores) 37-40. 



Shape of ^. rosaceus. Jaws equal, maxillary reaching 

 past pupil, 2 or slightl}^ less than 2 in the head. Preorbital 

 narrow, with tliree flat spines. Eye large, 3/4-3^4 ^^'^ ^^^ 

 head, 5 in interorbital. 



Cranial ridges high and narrow, terminating in sharp 

 spines ; pre-, supra- and postocular, tympanic and occip- 

 ital spines. Interorbital concave, with a narrow median 

 groove bordered by narrow ridges. 



Maxillary and mandible entirely scaled. 



Highest dorsal spine 25 in the head. Second anal spine 



*This seems to be an'individual character. 



