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Ostmcion lentiglnosus Bl. & Schn. 501 (India). 



Ostracion meUagris, "Shaw, Zool. v, 428, pi. 172, aud Zool. Misc. pi. 253." 



ifa&itof.— Indian Ocean aud Archipelago, Zanzibar, India, Arcbip. 

 Molucc, Banda, Kew Guinea, Isle of France, Johnston's Island. 

 One fine specimen (2G821). 



25.— TETRODON MELEAGEIS Lacep. 



Tetrodon meleagris Lac. i, 476, 505, 1798 (Seas of Asia); Bl. & Scbu. Syst. Icbtliy. 507, 

 1801 (Asia); " Eichards, Voy. Sulpliur, Fish. 122, pi. 57, figs. 1-3"; Gthr. Cat. 

 Fish. Brit. Mas. viii, 299, 1870 (Polynesia). 



Tetrodon lacrymaius "(Cuv.) Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Uran. Poiss. 204." 



Rahitat. — Asia, Polynesia, Johnston's Island. 

 Three fine specimens (26811). 



26.— DIODOIN^ HYSTEIX L. 



Diodon lujfitrix, L. Syst. Nat. i, 413; Bl. Naturgcschichte ansUiud. Fische. i, 91, 1786 

 (name only); Bris. Barnev. Eev. Zool. 141, 1846"; Gthr. Cat. Fish. Brit. 

 Mas. viii, 306, 1870 (Gaboon, Fernando Po, Calabar, West Indies, Jamaica, 

 Cape Seas, Amboyna, Indian Ocean, Society Islands) ; Bean (No. 23779), 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. iii, 75, 1880 (Bermuda ; name only) ; Poey, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phil. 179, 1863 (name only). 



Diodon atincja Bl. tab. 125, i, 91 (name only) ; Bl. & Schn. Syst. Ichth. 511, 1801 (Amer- 

 ican Seas, Ca'pe of Good Hope); " Kauii Wiegm. Arch. 227, 1855 (not L.)"; 

 Poey. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 179, 1863 (name only). 



Diodon plmnievi, Lac6p, ii, pi). 2, 10 ; i, x^l- 3, fig. 3. 



Diodon hmchiatns Bl. & Schn. p. 513, 1801. 



Diodon imnctalns, " Cuv. 1. c. 132 ; Blkr. Conspec. Molucc. Coguit. 21 (Amboyna, Ternate, 

 Ceram, Archip. Molucc, Banda; name only) ; Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. xxiv, 

 Blootk. p. 19"; Blkr. Elfde. Bijd. Visch. Celebes, 4 (name only) ; Blkr. Zez. 

 Bijd. Visch. Sumatra (Lampong); Blkr. Beschrij. Visch. Amboiua, pp. 8, 23 

 (name only) ; Blkr. Achtste Bijd. Visch. Amboiua, 28 (uame only) ; Blkr. 

 Tweede Bijd. Ichth. Fauna Batoe, 4 (uame only). 



HoJocanthus hysirix "Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, 27." 



Faradiodon hystrix "Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Gymnod, 66, pi. 3, fig. 2." 



Habitat. — Gaboon, Fernando Po, Calabar, West Indies, Jamaica, Cape 

 Seas, Amboyna, Indian Ocean, Society Islands, Cape of Good Hope, 

 Burmudas, Ternate, Ceram, Archip. Molucc. Banda, Celebes, Sumatra, 

 Lampong, Batoe, Johnston's Island. (Much of the above synonymy is 

 doubtful.) 



Length (26842) 24i inches. 



Spines all more or less flattened except behind the pectorals, where they 

 are round ; in about 18 series between nostrils and dorsal fin. First 

 spine behind nostril, 2 J in pectoral ; shorter and stronger spines in front 

 of dorsal, becoming longer again on tail; spines behind pectoral about 

 as long as that fin. 



Color, in spirits, purplish dusky above and on sides; belly light; 

 back, sides, and fins with small dark spots, much more numerous than 

 the spines ; lips purplish brown with small dark spots. 



