80 fishes of the South Pacific. 
Scorpenopsis quiescens Seale, new species. 
Depth'35. ‘head!'2550;" eye 350; Di exirr, 19; ASS eee 
V.1, 5; interorbital space concave, equal to the snout. 
Body compressed, its greatest depth is between the first and 
fifth dorsal spines; lateral line complete, the tubules prominent; 
depth of the caudal peduncle equal to the orbit. Head large, 
slightly compressed and well armed with spines distributed as fol- 
lows: three on the upper rim of orbit, one just above the posterior 
rim of orbit, four on the nuchal region , three on a line with the 
posterior end of the lateral line, two on the posterior margin of the 
opercles, four which constitute the bony stay across the cheeks, 
the posterior one of these four is a large one on the preopercle, 
and has two spines below it; there is a blunt spine on the sub- 
orbital overhanging the premaxillary; there are several dermal 
flaps, the largest one is branched and situated over the anterior 
nostril; snout short and rather blunt; lips equal; maxillary reach- 
ing to below the posterior margin of orbit, 1.90 in head, its distal 
end 1.50 in orbit; teeth in villiform bands on jaws and vomer, 
none on the palatines. Fins: the notch of the dorsal fin is one-half 
the depth of the fin, the fifth dorsal spine is the longest, 2.20 in 
head; second anal spine longest and strongest, 1.60 in head; pec- 
torals 1.60 in head; length of ventrals and caudal equal. 
Color: the fish is mottled all over with yellowish brown, and 
white, a dusky clotch on upper part of opercles. Fins colored 
like the body. 
One specimen, No. 1352 (Fig. 2, No. 783*) B. M., from Tahiti. 
Length 3.50 in. 
Sebastapistes strongensis (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
Two specimens, Nos. 1054 and 1055 B. M., from Faté, New 
Hebrides. Doubtfully referred to this species. 
Sebastapistes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard). 
One specimen, No. 1524 B. M., from Tahiti. 
One specimen, No. 2380 B. M., from Nukuhiva, Marquesas Ids. 
Two specimens, Nos. 1014* and 1016* B. M., from Faté, New 
Hebrides. 
Two specimens, Nos. 1196 and 1223 B. M., from Shortland 
Id., Solomons. 
Sebastapistes baillieui (Vaillant & Sauvage). 
One specimen, No. 2379 B. M., from Nukuhiva, Marquesas Ids. 
Rather doubtfully identified. 
Genus Deleastes Seale, new genus. 
This genus, typified by D. dector, is related to Synanceia, be- 
ing distinguished by the much smaller ventrals, situated more 
