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color forms rivulations. Gray lines' radiating from the 

 eye. A black blotch below maxillary. Pectoral olive 

 yellow. Other fins blackish, clouded with pale. First 

 dorsal with faint small black spots. 



The supraoccipital and temporal crests are high, the 

 supraoccipital crest extending to the posterior margin of 

 orbit; the temporal crests are parallel to each other, and 

 extending to pupil; interorbital space concave. 



Several specimens, the largest (No. 1621, L. S. Jr. 

 Univ. Mus.) one foot in length, taken in the Astillero 

 at Mazatlan. 



We take pleasure in naming this interesting species for 

 Dr. George Albert Boulenger of the British Museum, in 

 recognition of his excellent work on the Serranidce, in 

 the first volume of his Catalogue of the Fishes of the 

 British Museum, the proof sheets of which have been 

 kindly placed in our hands. 



no. Mycteroperca rosacea (Streets) . Cabrii.la Cala- 



MARIA. 



Occasionally taken at Mazatlan in rather deep water. 

 Three specimens only of this species have been preserved; 

 one of them from Mazatlan, collected by Gilbert; one, 

 the original type, obtained by Dr. Streets at some point 

 further northward in the Gulf of California, and the third 

 sent to us by Senor Ygnacio Moreno after our return 

 from Mazatlan. In all of these the life color seems to 

 be bright orange. 



III. Mycteroperca venadorum Jordan & Starks, n. sp. 

 Garlopa. 

 A very large species found in some abundance about 

 the islands along the coast, in rather deep water. But a 

 single specimen, weighing 75 pounds, was obtained by 

 us, this specimen being a type of the species. We are 



