496 PLEURONECTID-B. 



B. Two lateral lines on the left side. 



8. Cynoglossus macrolepidotus. 



Plagusia macrolepidota, Bleek. Verhaml. Batav. Genootsch. xxiv. Pleu- 



ron. p. 25, or Nat. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. i. p. 415. 

 Arelia macrolepidota, Bleek. Enum. p. 184. 



D. 111-114. A. 86-89. V. 4. L. lat. 50. 



Two lateral lines on the left side, one on the right. Two nostrils : 

 one between the eyes, and the other above the cleft of the mouth. 

 The width of the interorbital space equals that of the orbit. Lips 

 not fringed. The angle of the mouth is in the middle of the length 

 of the head ; rostral hook short. The height of the body is con- 

 tained four times and a thii-d to four times and a half in the total 

 length, and nearly equal to the length of the head. Greyish-brown ; 

 fins yellow. 



Coasts of Java, Sumatra, and Banka. 



a. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



9. Cynoglossus melampetalus. 



Plagiusa melampetala, Richards, Ichth. Chin. p. 281. 



D. 124. A. 100. C. 12. V. 4. L. lat. 60. 



Two lateral lines on the left side, separated by seven longitudinal 

 series of scales at the point of their greatest distance ; one lateral 

 line on the blind side. Two nostrils : one anteriorly between the 

 eyes, the other above the cleft of the mouth. Interorbital space very 

 narrow, one-third of the horizontal diameter of the eye, which is one- 

 eighth or one-ninth of the length of the head. Lips not fringed. The 

 length of the snout is contained twice and two-thirds in that of the 

 head ; the angle of the mouth is situated vertically below the posterior 

 margin of the orbit, before the middle of the length of the head ; the 

 rostral hook terminates behind the symphysis of the mandibles. The 

 height of the body equals the length of the head, and is contained four 

 times and two-thirds in the total length. Brownish, the posterior 

 part of the fins blackish. 



China. 



a. Fine specimen, 10^ inches long. China. Presented by Vice-Ad- 



miral Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 



b, c. Young. China. Presented by Vice-Admiral Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 



10. Cynoglossus oligolepis. 



Plagusia oligolepis, Bkek. Java, ii. p. 445. 

 Arelia oligolepis, Bleek. Enum. p. 185. 



D. 129. A. 95. C. 12. V. 4. L. lat. 68. 

 Two lateral lines on the left side, separated by eight series of 

 scales ; one on the right side. Two nostrils : one between the eyes, 

 the other above the cleft of the mouth. Interorbital space very 



