48 SCOEP^NID^E. 



bands. The axil of pectoral marbled with light brown. The dorsal without any black 



spot. 



Length 4^ inches. 



Zanzibar. 



PTEROIS, Cuv. 



151. Pterois volitans. [516.] 



Gasterosteus volitans, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 491. 



Pterois volitans, Cuv. fy Vol. iv. p. 352, pi. 88; Giinth. Fish. ii. p. 122. 



Zanzibar. From Fast Africa, through Indian seas, to Australia. 



152. Pterois lunulata. [33.] 

 Pterois lunulata, Schleg. Faun. Japon. p. 45, pi. 19; Giinth. Fish. ii. p. 124. 



Aden. Zanzibar. Japan. 



153. Pterois cincta. [591.] 

 Pterois cincta, Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 108, t. 26. f. 3 ; Giinth. Fish. ii. p. 125. 



Island of Johanna. Bed Sea. Navigator and Pearl Islands. 



154. Pterois brachyptera. [65, 206.] 

 Pterois brachyptera, Cuv. fy Vol. iv. p. 368; Giinth. Fish. ii. p. 126. 



D. 12 | \. A. ^g. L. lat. 45. 



Zanzibar. Seas of Ceram and Amboyna. 



TETRAROGE, Qunther. 



155. Tetraroge binotata. [329, 609.] 



B. 7. P.g. A. ^. V.l/5. 



Apistus binotatus, Peters in Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 241. 

 Tetraroge binotata, Giinth. Fish. ii. p. 134. 



The height of the body is contained four times and one-sixth, and the length of the head 

 five times in the total length. The upper profile of the snout descends rather vertically, 

 the lower ascends in a gentle curve. Cleft of mouth oblique ; the upper maxillary ex- 

 tends to a vertical from the anterior third of the eye. Prseorbital spine very long and 

 strong, reaching nearly to the base of the prseopercular spine, which is somewhat 

 shorter. Four teeth on the prseopercular margin, two spines on operculum. Scales 

 minute. Dorsal commences above front margin of eye, very high anteriorly ; the last 

 part of the spinous portion nearly even, and lower than the soft portion. The first 

 dorsal spine is about one-third of the second, which is the longest and much longer 

 than the head ; the following three decrease in length ; the sixth is the shortest ; the 



