ANDREWS — ON MERLANGTJS AIBUS. 1 1 



langus alius), and which is so accurately figured and well described in 

 the third edition of " Yarrell's British Fishes." The Iferlangus alius — 

 Gadus alius (Bisso) — is a fish common in the Mediterranean, being 

 taken in quantities, and sold in the market at Nice ; and this, with the 

 Trigla Pini, a species of red gurnard known as the Triglia di Hare, or 

 Triglia Rossa, are much used. The Trigla Pini, one of the varieties, or 

 identical with Trigla cuculus, is frequently met with on the west coast, 

 an account of which has been given in a paper " On the genus Trigla," 

 at a meeting of the Society on the 11th January, 1850. Some diffe- 

 rences, however, seem to exist with regard to the pectoral and ventral 

 fins, and the spines of the operculi. The colour also in T. Pini is a 

 more rich vermilion orange. 



It is not surprising that this new introduction should now be made 

 to the ichthyology of our coasts, and that it may not unfrequently be 

 met, when already have been noticed equally rare captures, such as the 

 File Fish of the Mediterranean {Balistes capriscus), discovered by Dr. 

 Melville, of Queen's College, Gal way. The Boar Fish (Capros aper), 

 Stone Bass {Poly prion cerniuni), and the Spanish Mackerel {Scomber 

 colias), common to the Mediterranean, I have recorded as occurring in 

 Dingle Bay; also the Dotted Mackerel {Scomler punctatus), seen in 

 numbers off the Tyraght Rock, coast of Kerry, in July, 1861; with 

 many others, — all indicating how rich the marine zoology of our western 

 coasts may still prove when adequate means of capture are employed. 



The Eev. Professor Haughton considered the occurrence of another 

 Mediterranean species offish on our coasts as very interesting, and asked 

 the President if the Merlangus alius, like the common Whiting, was 

 found in the shallower water ; as in that case it would indicate that its 

 occurrence was not due to a migration, but more probably to the exist- 

 ence of an outlying station, the remains of a former state of things, 

 when the temperature was higher. 



The President stated that the "Whitings were not taken in deep 

 water. 



The following Eesolution, noticed at last General Meeting was put, 

 and unanimously carried : — " That there be substituted in the first of the 

 rules and regulations of the Natural History Society of Dublin, for the 

 words ' and have for its sole object the elucidation of the Natural His- 

 tory of Ireland,' the following : — ' and have for its object the promotion 

 of Natural History, more especially that of Ireland.' " 



The meeting then adjourned to the first Friday in January. 



