960 MR. G. A. BOULEITGER OX REPTILES, [Nov. 28, 



supplemental bone ; villifortn teeth in jaws and on vomer and 

 palatines ; no canines ; tongue smooth ; head partly naked ; 

 praeopercle serrated, with a few antrorse spines on the lower 

 border ; opercle with two spines. Gill-membranes separate ; seven 

 branchiostegals ; pseudobranchiae present. Dorsal tins conOuent, 

 XIV-XY 1 1-14, the spinous portion much longer than the soft ; 

 anal short, III 7-11; caudal rounded. Pectoral symmetrical, 

 rounded, rays 16. Yentrals below the pectorals, close together, 

 with a strong spine and tive branched rays, the last of which is 

 connected with the belly by a membrane. 



The type species of this genus of Serranidtz, allied to Siniperca, 

 is from the interior of Xorth Corea\ It is highly interesting to 

 add a second species from the interior of Hainan. 



1. CoEEOPERCA WHiTEHEADi, sp. n. (Plate LXVIII.) 



Depth of body equal to length of head, 3 times in total length. 

 Snout I3 diameter of eye, which equals interorbital width, | length 

 of head ; lower jaw projecting beyond the snout ; maxillary ex- 

 tending a little beyond vertical of posterior border of eye, the 

 width of its distal extremity a little less than diameter of eye ; 

 praeorbital entire ; cheeks and opercles scaly, rest of head naked ; 

 praeopercle finely serrated, without enlarged spines at the angle ; 

 opercular spines strong. Dorsal XY 14, originating above base of 

 pectoral ; spinous portion t\^-ice as long as the soft ; spines strong, 

 short, increasing in length to the sixth, which equals | length of 

 head ; longest soft rays nearly k length of head. Pectoral | length 

 of head. Anal III 11 ; second spine longest, a little shorter than 

 longest dorsal spines. Caudal rounded, subtruncate. Sq. 80 y; 

 1.1.63. Brown, with dark marblings and whitish dots; a dark 

 streak from below the eye to the angle of the praeopercle and 

 another from the eye to a large, black, white-edged oceliar spot 



' Having had tbe pririlege of esaruining the type specimens of Coreoperca 

 herzi, Herzenst. 1. c, preserved in the St. Petersburg Museum, I add a descrip- 

 tion of them for eompai-ison with C. whiteheadi : — 



Greatest depth at origin of dorsal fin, 3 to 3J times in total length, length of 

 head 2f to 3 times. Snout as long as diameter of eye. A length of head, and 

 twice width of interorbital region ; lower jaw not projecting ; maxillary ex- 

 tending to below posterior thircl of eye, the width of its distal extremity about 

 lialf diameter of eye ; praeorbital entire ; cheeks and opercles scaly, rest of head 

 naked ; praeopercle with two strong bifid spines at the angle and two or three 

 antror>e sjiines on the lower border ; opercular spines strong. Dorsal XIV 11- 

 12 ; originating above base of pectoral, spinous portion twice as long as the soft ; 

 spines strong, increasing in length to the fifth, wliich equals | length of head, 

 but is considerably shorter than the longest soft rays. Pectoral | length of 

 head. Anal III 7, spines very strong, tbird a little longer than first, second 

 longest and a little longer than longest dorsal .spine. Caudal rounded. 



Sq. 76-82 ^^' ; 1. 1. 51-50. Brown ; a dark streak from below the eye to 



the angle of the pr.Topercle ; a black spot, edged with white anteriorly, 

 between the opercular spines; body with .some dark brown spots intermixed 

 with whitish dots ; a regular series of dark spots along the base of the dorsal. 



Total length 85 millim. 



Pung Tung, Corea. 



