960 MR. G. A. BOULEKGER Olf REPTILES, [XoV. 28, 



supplemental bone ; villiform teeth in jaws and on vomer and 

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

 prseopercle serrated, with a few antrorse spines on the lower 

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

 branchiostegals ; pseudobranchise present. Dorsal tins confluent, 

 XlV-Xy 11-14, the spinous portion much longer than the soft; 

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

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

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

 connected wdth the belly by a membrane. 



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

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

 add a second species from the interior of Hainan. 



1. COREOPBRCA WHITEHEADI, sp. n. (Plate LXVIII.) 



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

 Snout I5 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 XV 14, originating above base of 

 pectoral ; spinous portion twice as long as the soft ; spines strong, 

 short, increasing in length to the sixth, which equals 5 length of 

 head ; longest soft rays nearly | 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 g^ ; 

 1. 1. 63. Brown, with dark marblings and whitish dots ; a dark 

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

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



^ Having had the privilege of examining the type specimens of Coreoperca 

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

 tion of them for comparison 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, ^ length of head, and 

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

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

 half diameter of eye ; prffiorbital entire ; cheeks and opercles scaly, rest of head 

 naked ; prajopercle witli two strong bifid spines at the angle and two or three 

 antrorse spines 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, which equals | length of bead, 

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

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

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



Sq. 76-82 -^ ; 1. 1. 51-56. Brown ; a dark streak from below the eye to 



the angle of the prseopercle ; 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. 



