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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
ConodmipaciJicij sp.n., Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 147, fi*om Chiapam. 
Hcemulon margaritiferum, Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 147, from the 
Pacific coast of Panama. 
>/ Diagramma citrinellum, sp. n., GUutlier, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1864, xiv. 
p. 374, from the Cape de Verde Islands. 
\ Heterognathodon petersiiy sp. n., Steindachner, Sitzgsher. Acad.Wiss.Wien, 
1864, xlix. p. 203, taf. 1. fig. 2, from Zanzibar. 
^ Pentapus curtus, sp. n., Guichenot, in Maillard, Notes sur Tile do la ll^iinion, 
App. p. 6. — Bourbon. D. A. ^ j the height of the body is one-third of 
the total length. 
' Ccesio digrammaj sp. n., Bleeker, Nederl. Tydschr. Dierk. 1864, p. 180, from 
Amboyna. 
Squamipinnes. 
/ Chcetodon melapterus, sp. n., Guichenot, in Maillard, Notes sur Pile de la 
l3 3 
RtSunion, App. p. 6. — Bourbon. D. A. 
V Chcetodon multidnctiiSf sp. n., Garrett, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sc. iii. (1863, 
November) p. 65, from the Sandwich Islands. [This species appears 
to be allied to Ch. robuslus, Gthr.] D. A. Scales of moderate 
size*. Creamy-yellow, sides with five vertical yellowish-brown diffuse 
stripes. Ocular fascia brown above and yellow beneath the eye. A vertical 
black stripe marks the middle of the caudal trunk. Caudal colourless ven- 
trals whitish. 
NaNDIDuE. 
< Catopra malaharica, sp. n., Gunther, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1864, xiv. 
p. 375, from the Malabar Coast. 
Mullid^. 
TJpeneus tetraspilus, Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 148, from the Pacific 
coast of Panama. 
SPARIDiE. 
Phnelepterm altipimioides (!), sp. n., Guichenot, in Maillard, Notes sur Tile 
de la Reunion, App. p. 7, from Bourbon. 
CiRRHITIDvE. 
^ Chilodactglus vittatus, sp. n., Garrett, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sc. iii. p. 103, 
from the Sandwich Islands. D. A. Six simple pectoral rays, the 
second extending as far back as the vent. The fourth dorsal spine longest, 
one-third as long as the base of the whole fin. Greyish-silvery, with five 
oblique blackish-brown bands : the first from the snout to the prieopercular 
margin ; the second from the eye to the base of the pectoral j the third from 
* Mr. Garrett would add an important character in the de.scriptions of his 
species if he would state the number of scales in, above, and below the lateral 
line. 
