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half the height of the third. The soft part of the fin occupies as 

 much space as the seven anterior spines, and is about as high ante- 

 riorly as the tallest of them, but lowers a little as it runs backwards. 

 It is rounded shghtly before and behind. 



" Scorpsena capita nudo subtus mutico, corpore miniato, variegato, 

 pinnis maculatis ; pectoralibus inferne rotundatis, incrassatis. Ha- 

 bitat in oceano Australiae prope Motuaro. 



" Radii :— Br. 7 ; D. 12|10 ; 'A. ;3|5 ; V. 1 5 ; C. 16*. 



"Diameter longitudinalis 18 uncias ; perpendicularis 4^, trans- 

 versalis 3. Corpus lanceolato-oblongum, pulchre variegatum. Caput 

 trunco latius, magnum, obtusum, antice depressiusculum, nudum, 

 cavernosum, spinosum, hinc inde ramentaceum, subtus muticum et 

 absque ramentis. Rostrum antice oblique declive, superne gibbo 

 obtuso prreditum, supra hunc gibbum inter anticam partem oculorum 

 carina angusta, inermis. Ramenta capitis plurima, cutacea, brevia; 

 nonnuUa supra orbitas cculorum ; pauca in laterum angulis promi- 

 nentibus ; par maximum supra aperturam anteriorem narium, ovato- 

 oblongum, planum, extus lacerum ; reliqua linearia acuta. Spihae 

 capitis plurimse acutte ; par conicum erectum supra gibbum rostri ; 

 duas supra orbitam oculi, unica antice altera postice ; plures superne 

 et in lateribus seriatim digestse, basi compressse, retrorsum spectan- 

 tes, prsecipue posterioribus quae longiores, subulatee. 



"Maxilla superior obtuse retusa; inferior apice subtiis gibbo 

 notata. Dentes in maxillis, palato et fauce. MaxiUares subulati, 

 conferti, numerosi intus flexi, interiores majores. Palati aceroso- 

 subulati, aggregati, acuti, parvi. Faucium subulati, aggregati, acuti, 

 intus vergentes, numerosi. Lingua glabra. Oculi vicini, magni, 

 convexi, cute capitis communi tecti. Iris argenteo-miniata. Fora- 

 men narium posterius prope oculum, nudum, apertum ; anterius in 

 medio inter oculum et rostrum, tectum ramento magno, dilatato. 

 Branchiarum laminte nudse, postice angulatae, angulis spinosis. 



" Truncus oblongus, compressus, muticus, squamosus. Linea 

 lateralis pone caput parum descendens, dein recta, dorso paulo propior. 

 Anus pone medium, jiinna anali remotus. Vagina genituree pone 

 anum exserta in ])apillam ovatam, compressam. Pinna dorsalis bi- 

 partita : pars anterior spinosa, 11-radiata : pars posterior altior sed 

 brevior, 11-radiata, radio primo spinoso. Pinnae pectorales medium 

 trunci non attingentes, latissimse, rotundatse, cute crassa indutse, 

 radiis inferioribus crassissimis extra membranam parum productis. 

 Pinnae ventrales obtusae, parum pone pectoralcs inserts?, illisque 

 paulo breviores. Pinna analis, radiis tribus sjjinosis, reliquis longio- 

 ribus subeequalibus. Squamee laeves, hitegra;, mediocres adherentes. 



" Color. — Totus piscis pulchre miniato-aurantiacus, maculis ma- 

 joribus rubris ; minoribus albis et numerosioribus, parvis fusco ru- 

 bentibus variegatus : subtus pallidior maculis majoribus albidis 

 ornatus. Pinna dorsalis dorso concolor. Pinnae pectorales saturatius 



* The numbers of rays are tliose given by Solander, the notation solely 

 being changed. It may be proper to remark, that when Solander began his 

 notes on the productions of New Zealand, he supposed that he was on the 

 coast of a southern continent. 



