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Mauritius) ; Blkr. Conspec. Molucc. Cogiiit. 21 (Amboyna, Arcbip. Molucc, 

 Banda; uame only); Bllcr. Zes. Bijcl. Visch. Sumatra, i:i (Nias ; name ouly) ; 

 Blkr. Iclitli. Fauna Borneo, 12 (Ignata ; name ouly) ; Blkr. Twaalfde Bijd. 

 Visch. Celebes, 2 (name only); Blkr. Besclirij. Viscb. Amboina, 823 (name 

 only) ; Blkr. Bescbrij. Viscb. Manado Makassar, 6, 29 (Manado ; name only) ; 

 Blkr. Acbtste Bijd. Viscb. Amboina, 8, 28 (name only) ; Blkr. Einige Visscben 

 Van Diemensland (name only) ; Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 7, 79, 1877 

 (Fanning Islands). 



Balistes ornaUmmm "Less. Voy. Cog. Zool. Pois. i, 119, pi. 10, fig. 1, 1830." 



Palisies armafus "Cuv. R. An. 111. Poiss, pi. 112, f. 2, 1829-'30." 



Balistes striatus " Grouov. Syst. ed. Gray, 32." 



? Balistes assasi "Forsk. 75, n. 112"; Gmel. 1471, n. 12, 1788 (Red Sea). 



Balistes {Balistapus) acideatua "Blkr. Atl. Icbtb. Baliat. 120, pi. 2, f. 3." 



Baliste epineux Lac. Hist. Nat. Poiss. i, 367, pi. 17, f. 1, 1798. 



HaUtat. — Indiau Ocean, Eed Sea, Loo-Choo Islands, Isle of France, 

 Island of Johanna, Zanzibar, W. Coast of Africa, Moluccas, Amboyna, 

 Cliina Seas, Fiji Islands, Micronesia, Seyclielles, Mauritius, Arcbip. 

 Molucca, Banda, ISTias, Ignata, Manado, Van Diemen's Land, Sumatra, 

 Fanning Islands, Johnston's Island. 



Two hue examples, numbered 2G81G and 297G0; length 11 inches. 



23.— BALISTES BUNIVA Lacepede. 



Balistes rinrjens " Osbeck, Voy. Cbin. ii, 93, 1771, notof L. ; " Blocb, Ausl. Fiscb. 183 (foot- 

 note), pi. 152, lig. 2, 1786; Blocb & Scbu. Syst. Icbtb. 472, 1801 (Indian and 

 Cbinese Seas); "Ricb. Voy. Samar. Fisb. 21, pi. 16, f. 1-4, 1848; Rep. Icbtb. 

 Cbin. Rep. 15tb Meet. Brit. Assoc. 201, 1846; Hollard, Ann. Sc. Nat. 4tbseiies, 

 1854, Zool. i, 317; Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Ind. N6ere viii, 1860; Sumatra viii, 

 69" (not of Linn.). 



Baliste sillonne Lac. Hist. Nat. Poiss. i, 370, pi. 18, fig. 1, 1798 (Cbina Sea, E. Coast of 

 Africa). 



Balistes iuniva Lac. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v, 669, pi. 21, f. 1, 1803; Gtbr. Cat. Fisb. Brit. 

 Mus. Tiii, 227, 1870 (Jamaica, St. Croix, St. Helena, Zanzibar, Cbina Seas, 

 Sandwich Islands) ; Streets, Bulletin U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 7, 56, 1877 (Honolulu). 



t ^Balistes piceus Poey, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 180, 1863 (Cuba); Poey,Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phil. 177, 1863 (name only); "Repert. Fis. Nat. Cuba, ii, 435, 1868." 



Melichthys ringens Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-N6ere. vi, Sumatra viii, 69; "Blki-. Atl. 

 Icbtb, V, 108, pi. 220, f. 2, 1865"; "Blkr. Balist. pi. vi, f. 2." 



Balistes itiger "Gtbr. Fisb. Zanz. 135, pi. 19, f. 1, 1866." 



Habitat. — ludian Ocean, China Sea, Sumatra, E. Coast of Africa, 

 Cuba, Zanzibar, Jamaica, St. Croix, St. Helena, Sandwich Islands, 

 Johnston's Island. 



Three fine specimens, numbered 26818, 8 inches long. 



21.— OSTEACION PUNCTATUM Bl. & Schn. 



Ostracion 2)0intille 'L.acci). i, 442, 445, pi. 21, f. 1, 1798 (Isle de France). 



Ostracion punctatus Bl. «fc Schn. 501, 1801 ; " Cuv. Regno An."; " Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, 

 Fish. 158; Blkr. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. xi, 108, and Atl. Icbtb. Ostraj, 39, pi. 2, 

 fig. 4; Hollard, Ann. Sc. Nat. vii, 165, 1857 " ; Gtbr. Cat. Fishes, viii, 261, 

 1870 (Ind. Ocean and Arcbip.; Pacific); Blkr. Conspec. Molucc. Cogiut. 22 

 (Arcbip. Molucc, Banda; name only); Blkr. Quat. Mem. Icbtb. N. Guin<Se, 4, 

 22 (name only). 



