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cies. The oldest tenable name of this fish, so far as we can see, is certainly Epineph- 
elus catus. Willoughby’s “ Cugupuguacu” is certainly identical with Marcgrave’s, both 
as to figure and description. 
In the museum at Cambridge are specimens from Charleston, Tortugas, Nassau, 
St. Thomas, Gonaives, Hayti, and St. Croix. 
24. EPINEPHELUS DRUMMOND-HAYI. 
(Speckled Hind; John Paw.) 
Epinephelus drummond-hayi Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., 173, 174, 1878 (Pensacola; Bermuda) ; 
Goode tfe Bean, op. cit., 115, 139, 1879; Jordan & Gilbert, op. cit., 272, 1882; Jordan & Gilbert, 
Synopsis Fish. N. Am., 340, 1883; Jordan & Swain, 1. c., 388 (Pensacola); Jordan &Eigenmann, 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, 269 (Charleston). 
Habitat. — Bermudas; South Atlantic and Gulf coast of the United States. 
Etymology. — Named for “Col. H. M. Drummond Hay, O. M. Z. S., of Leggieden, 
Perth, Scotland, formerly of the British army, by whom the species was first discov- 
ered at the Bermudas in 1854.” 
We have lately received a specimen of this beautiful si)ecies from Charleston. 
25. EPINEPHELUS LABRIFORMIS. 
Serranus labriformis Jenyns, Zool. of Beagle, Fishes, 8, pi. 3, 1840;* Giinther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., 
I, 152, 1859 (Galapagos Islands), Jordan & Swain, I, c., 1884, 387 (copied); Jordan & Bollman, 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1889, 180 (Charles Island and Indefatigable Island, Galapagos). 
Epinephelus sellicauda Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 250, 1862 (Cape San Lncas) ; Jordan & Gilbert, 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 229, 1881 (Socorro Island); Jordan & Gilbert, op. cit., 360, 1882 (Cape 
San Lucas); Jordan & Gilbert, op. cit., 371, 1882 (Colima); Jordan & Gilbert, op. cit., 625, 
1882 (Panama); Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 107, 1882 (Mazatlan); Jordan 
& Swain, 1. c., 385 (Socorro Island ; Mazatlan, Colima, Panama, Cape San Lucas). 
Epinephelus ordinatus Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. So •., 466, 1871 (Panama). 
Habitat. — Pacific coast of tropical America ; Cape San Lucas to Galapagos Islands. 
Etymology — Lobrus, a genus of Wrasse fishes; forma, form. 
This species is abundant in the Galapagos Islands, from which locality many 
specimens have been brought to the museum at Cambridge. Although neither Jenyns 
nor Darwin have noted the saddle-like dark blotch on the tail in the species called by 
Jenyns labriformis, there seems to be little doubt of the identity of labriformis and 
sellicauda. This identification has been already suggested by Dr. Steindachner on 
the labels in the museum at Cambridge. 
Specimens are in the museum at Cambridge from Acapulco, and from Albemarle 
Island, in the Galapagos. 
26. EPINEPHELUS STRIATUS. 
(Nassau Grouper; Hamlet; Cherna Criolla.) 
Cherna Parra, Piezas de Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1787, 50, lam. xxiv (Cuba). 
Anlhias striatus Bloch, Ichth., IX, 109, tab. 324, 1792 (on a figure by Plumier); Bloch Schneider, 
Syst. Ichthyol., 1801,305 (copied). 
Lutjanus striatus Lac5p6de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 324,1803 (copied). 
Serranus striatus Cuv. & Val., ii, 1828, 288 (Gulf of Mexico); Storer, Syn. Fish, N. A., 1846, 27 
(copied) ; Guichenot, Ramon de la Sagra’s Hist. Cuba, Poiss., 1850, 12 (Cuba) ; Gunther, 1, 1859, 
110 (Cuba; Mexico; Puerto Cabello ; Bahia); Poey, Repertorio, I, 198, 1867 ; Vaillant&Bo- 
conrt. Mission Seientifiqne au Mexique, 1875-76 (Cuba ; Sau Domingo; Martinique; Jamaica). 
Not 1842, as usually quoted. This work was issued in parts bearing date «f 184(1. 184 1 , and 1842. 
