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Show 1877.] COLLECTION M A D E BY H.M.S. 'PETEREL.' 67 1. LIOCEPHALUS GRAYI (Bell) = Craniopeltis bivittata (Ptrs.) according to Steindachner. Chatham (Darwin). Charles (Darwin). Albemarle (Cookson, Steindachner). James (Steindachner). Indefatigable (Steindachner). Jervis (Steindachner). Abingdon (Cookson). 2. LIOCEPHALUS PACIFICUS (Steind.). ? Indefatigable (Habel). Bindloe (Habel). Abingdon (Cookson). 3. AMBLYRHYNCHUS CRISTATUS (Bell). Generally distributed. Commander Cookson states that the rocks at Iguana Cove were thickly covered with Amblyrhynchi. He found them in numbers at the other places he visited, but nowhere else so numerous and so large in size. Here they were found to weigh from 20 to 22 lb., against 12 to 14 from other localities. 4. CONOLOPHUS SUBCRISTATUS (Bell). Albemarle (Darwin, Cookson1, Steindachner). James (Darwin). Barrington (Darwin). Indefatigable (Darwin). 5. PHYLLODACTYLUS GALAPAGENSIS (Ptrs.). Charles (Cookson). III. FISHES. By ALBERT GUNTHER. Of the twelve species enumerated below, five are new to the fauna of the Galapagos archipelago, viz. Sargus unimaculatus, Argyriosus setipinnis, Hemiramphus unifasciatus, Clupea libertatis, and Batistes mitis. 1. CENTROPRISTIS PSITTACINUS (Val.). Charles Island. 2. SERRANUS OLFAX (Jen.). Charles Island. Jenyns (Zool. Beagle, p. 9, pl. 4) drew up his description from a dried skin which evidently is much distorted. Therefore it appears to be proper to give a new description from a specimen preserved in spirits, 17 inches long. u' 16* a" 10* Body compressed, of moderate height, its greatest depth being 1 Only a mandible, from Iguana Oove. 5* |