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Fish. Brit. Mus. iii, 327, 1861 (Amboyua, Celebes, Malayan Archipelago, Sand- 

 wich Islands, Aueitetiiu, W. Coast of Australia, Mauritius, New Zealand) ; 

 Gthr. Jour. Mus. Godetf. 108, 1873 (Polynesia, Sandwich Islands, Indian 

 Ocean). 



Harpurus fafic'iatus "Forst. Descr. Auim. ed. Licht. 216." 



AcauthufHS hirudo "Benn. Ceyl. Fishes, 11, pi. 11 ; Blkr. Bat. Gen. xsiii. Tenth. 13." 



Acanthurus suharmatus " Benu. Whal. Voy. ii, 278." 



Teiithis (uistralis "Gray in King's Survey of the coasts of Austr. ii, 435." 



Habitat. — Isle of France, Sechelles, Mariaiina, New Zealand, Oiilan, 

 Society Islands, Sandwich Islands, Euro, Amboyna, Ternate, Ceram, 

 Arcliip. Molucc, New Guinea, Sumatra, Kauer, Trussan, Padang, Ula- 

 kan, Siboglia, Priamam, Celebes, Manado, Macassar, Malayan Archip., 

 Aneiteum, W. Coast of Australia, Mauritius, Polynesia, Indian Ocean, 

 Johnston's Island. 



Two fine specimens, numbered 2GS20, 7 inches in length. 



21.— NASEUS LITURATUS (Forst.) Cuv. & Yal. 



Harjjurus lituratus " Forst. Descr. Aniiu. ed. Licht. 218." 



Acanthurus lituratus Bl. & Schn. 216, IdOl. 



Acanthurus harpurus " Shaw, Zool. iv, 381." 



Aspisnrus elegans " Riipp. Atl. Fische, 61, taf. 16, fig. 2." 



AspisuruscaroUnarum "Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Uran. Zool. 375, pi. 63, fig. 1 (New Ireland)." 



Prionurus eoume " Less. Voy. Cog. Zool. ii, 151 (Otaiti, Matavai)." 



Kuseus lituratus C.&V. x, 282, 1835; "Blkr. Celebes, iii, 763"; Gthr. iii, 353, 1861 



(Olaheiti, Aneiteum, Malayan Archipelago, Red Sea, Polynesia); Gthr. Jour. 



Mus. Godefl:'. 124,taf. 82, 1873 (Society Islands, Red Sea, East Coast of Africa, 



Sandwich Islands); Blkr. Conspec. Molucc. Cognit. 12 (Amboina, Archip. 



Molucc ; name only) ; Blkr. Zes. Bijd. Visch. Sumatra, 11 (Batoe ; name only); 



Blkr. Beschrij. Visch. Amboina, 17 (name only); Blkr. Beschirj. Visch. Monado, 



Makassar, 20 (Macassar) ; Blkr. Achtste Bijd. Visch. Amboina, 20 (name only) ; 



Blkr. Visschen Van Diemensland, 1 1 (name only). 

 Acanthurus lituratus B]k.Y. Bijd. Visch. N. Guinea, 3, 11 (name only); "Blkr. Nat. T. 



Ned. Ind. iii, 763." 

 Aspisurus lituratus "Riipp, N. W. Fische, 130." 



Habitat. — New Ireland, Uran, Otaiti, Matavai, Celebes, Aneiteum, Ma- 

 layan Archip., Red Sea, Polynesia, Society Islands, East Coast of Africa, 

 Sandwich Islands, Amboyna, Archip. Molucc, Sumatra, Batoe, Man- 

 ado, Macassar, Van Dieman's Land, New Guinea, Ulea, Gulf of Suez, 

 Isle of France, Johnston's Island. 



Two fine specimens, numbered 26812, measuring 10.^ inches. • 



22.— BALISTES ACULEATUS Linn^us. 



BaUstes amleatus "L. Syst. Nat. i, 406, 1766"; Bloch,Naturge8chicte ausliind, Fische, 

 i, 183, 194, 1786.pl, 149 (Red Sea) ; Gmel. Syst; Nat. 1466, 1788 (Indian Ocean, 

 Red Sea); Bloch & Schn. Syst. Ichth. 465, 1801 (Indian Ocean, Red Sea); 

 Lay & Benu. in Beechey's Voy. Zool. 69, pi. 22, fig. 2, 1839 (Loo-Choo Islands) ; 

 "Jenyus, Zool. Beagle Fish. 155, 1842 ; Blkr. Vehr, Bat. Gen. xxiv, Balist. 

 15, 1852 ; HoUard, Ann. Sc. Nat. i, 333, 1854 " ; Gthr. Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. 

 vlii, 223, 1870 (Isle of France, Island of Johanna, Zanzibar, W. Doast of Af- 

 rica, Moluccas, Amboyna, China Seas, Fiji Islands, Micronesia, Seychelles, 



