226 report— 1845. 



" Yellow Pichere"? (Reeves) ; Hwang hwb " Yellow hwo fish" (Birch) ; 



Wong wdk (Bridgem. Chrest. 99). 



The figure of the hwang-hwa is the nearest in Mr. Reeves's portfolio to the plate of the 

 ' Fauna Japonica' quoted above, but it does not agree exactly with it, the profile of the forehead 

 differing a little, and the anal spine being rather stronger. We have seen no specimen that 

 could be referred to this species. 



Hab. Japan, China, and the Indian ocean. 

 Corvina catalea, C. et V. v. p. 128. Lutjan diacanthe, Lacepede, iv. pp. 



195 et 244. Katchelee, Russell, 116 ; Icon. Reeves, 207 ; Hardw. Acanth. 



128. Chinese name, Man vu (Reeves) ; Man u (Bridgem. Chrest. 174). 



Had. D. 10|-1|21 ; A.2|7;P. 19 vel20; V.l|5. (Chin. Spec. Brit. Mus.) 



A Chinese specimen of this fish, 9^ inches long, has been deposited in the British Museum 

 by John Reeves, Esq. The spots are as in Russell's plate, with a few more of them descend- 

 ing below the lateral line, but there are also two rows of spots on the first dorsal, which are 

 only obscurely indicated in Mr. Reeves's figure. 



Hab. Indian ocean. China sea. Canton. 



Corvina nalla-katchelee, Russell, 115; Icon. Reeves, 225; Hardw. 



Acanth. 134. Chinese name, Ma-man (Birch) ; Ma pin (Reeves). Had. 



D. 10|-28;A. 2|7; P. 16; V. 1|5. (Chin. Spec. Brit. Mus.) 



The British Museum possesses a mounted specimen of this fish and one in spirits, both 

 brought from Canton by Mr. Reeves. Russell says that the Coromandel fishermen take this 

 to be the male of C. catalea. The differences in the numbers of the rays of the fins seem to 

 render it expedient to keep them distinct ; the snout of this is more obtuse ; like the pre- 

 ceding, it has five pores on the lower jaw ; the second anal spine is only half the length of the 

 soft rays. 



Hab. Indian and China seas. Canton. 



Corvina? albiflora, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, /3. 48 ; Hardw. Acanth. 

 Chinese name, Pih hwa (Birch) ; Pihfa (Reeves), " White flower ;" Pdk 

 sfd (Bridgem. Chrest. 129). 



This is apparently a Corvina with stronger teeth than the other species in Mr. Reeves's port- 

 folio, but we have seen no specimen that can be referred to it, nor can we identify it with any 

 one described in the ' Histoire des Poissons ' by the short accounts of the species therein men- 

 tioned. The base of the second dorsal is marked by a row of black dots, one on each ray. 

 The general colour is silvery with pale bluish-gray on the discs of the scales, the gray tint 

 deepening along the dorsal line. Pectorals, fronts of the ventrals and anal and lobes of the 

 caudal, more or less deeply tinged with orange or yellow. First dorsal darker than the other 

 fins, but there are no spots except the row on the base of the second dorsal. 



Hab. Canton. 

 Umbrina russelii. C. et V. v. p. 178; Qualar -katchelee, Russell, 118; 



Icon. Reeves, /3. 37 ; Hardw. Acanth. Chinese name, Sang seu hwa 



(Birch); "Live pencil-beard" (Reeves); Shang ssu wdk (Bridgem. 



Chrest. 175). Bad. D. 11|27 ; A. 2|7; C. 15£; V. 1|5. (Spec. Camb. 



Ph. Inst.) 



The Cambridge Philosophical Institution is indebted to the Rev. George Vachell for a Can- 

 ton specimen of this fish. It has a mesial barbel on the chin, with a deep pore on each 

 side of it, and fifty scales on the lateral line. The whole fish is brightly nacry with a pale 

 reddish-brown tint along the dorsal line ; pale yellow second dorsal, pectorals, and ventrals ; 

 and front of anal yellow or orange. 



Hab. Indian and China seas. Canton. 



Fam. Hjemulonid^. 

 Diagramma cinctum, Temm. et Schl. F. J. p. 61. pi. 26. f. 1 ; Icon. Reeves, 

 82 ; Hardw. Acanth. Chinese name, Hwajuen shin, " Flowery soft lips" 

 (Birch) ; Fajuen shen (Reeves) ; Fa un shan (Bridgem. Chrest. 95). 



The Chinese collection at Hyde Park and the British Museum contain several specimens of 

 this fish, which we have compared with a specimen of Burger's from Japan, also belonging to 

 the latter institution. The bands of colour, and indeed the whole form of the fish, are singu- 



