222 CEYLON PEARL OYSTER REPORT. 



LIST OF LITERATURE CITED. 



(1.) Alcock, A. " Natural History Notes from H.M. Marine Survey Ship 

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 3 Text-Figs. 1890. 



(2.) Alcock, A. ' Zoological Gleanings from Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship 

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EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



PLATE I. 



Fig. 1. A " Tholichthys " stage : probably the immature form of Scatophagus argils (Gmel.). x 4. 



,, 2. Monacanthus tomerdosus (L.), juv. x 3. 



,, 3. Pseltylis ocellata, Alcock ; mature female ; nat. size. 



4. Salarias furcatus, n. sp. x \\. 



5. Aploactis aspersa, Temm. and Schleg. x 1|. 



,, 6. Erythrichthys leucogrammicus (Bleeker) ; nat. size. 



., 7. Trichonotus seiigerus, Bl. Schn. x I. 



PLATE II. 

 All the figures are directly reproduced from photographs taken by Mr. A. SCOTT. Figs. 1 and 2 represent 

 two immature specimens of Pseltylis pellucida, Alcock; and figs. :! to 8 six immature specimens of 

 Pseltylis ocellata, Alcock. The six latter specimens form a scries, 3 1 icing the most, and S the lease 

 immature. Fig. 3, Plate I., represents the mature female of P. ocellata. 



