334 P:XPKDIT10X OFTHK ■• albatross," 1S99-1900. 



A188, M. C. Z. 29773, (i inches long, from Jaluit, and AISO, M. C. Z. 297(i7, 

 from Arhno; and 08S74, from Suva, Fiji Islands. 



OSTRACIIDAE. 



Ostracion cornutus Linne. 



8yst. Nat. ed. 10, 1758, p. 331. Day, Fishes of India, 1878, p. (1117, pi. 17(i, fig. 4. 

 Oslracion (Acanthoxlracion) arcua Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., 1865, 5, p. 31, 35, tab, 202, Ostrap. 2, 

 fig. 3, and 204, Ostrac. 4, fig. 4. 



Ladoria cornula Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 1906, 25, p. .368. 



No. A116, a specimen IO2 inches long from Tongatabii, Tonga Islands. 



Ostracion nasus Hloch. 



Ausl. Fische, 1787, 1, ]). 121 (118), taf. 138. Gunther, Cat., 1870, 8, p. 263. Day, Fishes of 

 India, 1878, p. 696. 



'Ostracion tuherctdaluin Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 1907, 26, ]). 35. 



One specimen, No. 09092, one inch long from Moen, Truk Group, Caroline 

 Islands. One specimen M. C. Z. 29600, iro inches long from Suva, Fiji Islands. 



The specimens agree closely with 0. tuberculatum as described by Jordan & 

 Seale, Gunther, and Day {loc. cit.). 



According to Gunther, 0. cubicus, which he considers synonymous with 0. 

 tuberculatus, Cat., 8, p. 260, has the back slightly convex without raised ridge 

 in the median line. According to Day — loc. cit., in 0. nas^is the width of the 

 body KS greater than the height, and in 0. cubicus the width about equals the 

 height. In this character our specimens agree with 0. nasu.s. 



TETRAODONTIDAE. 



Spheroides hypselogeneion (Bleeker). 



Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 1906, 25, p. 368. 



Tetrnodnn hijpselo(jviiiinn Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., 1852, 3, p. 300. Bleeker, .\tlas Ichth., 

 1865, 5, p. 60, 61, tab. 218, Gymnod. 9, fig. 5. 



No. 08837, three specimens 3 to Ss inches long from Funafuti, Ellice Islands. 

 M. C. Z. 29429 (1 specimen). 



