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two lobes. Skin rough, covered with small spines, without cutaneous 

 fringes. Brown, with a broad red band running from the eye across 

 the opercles towards the anterior margin of the dorsal fin ; large 

 irregular red spots on the upper and lower parts ; body and fins with 

 numerous black, red-edged ocelli ; tips of the pectoral and ventral 

 rays rose-colom-ed ; a rose-coloured submarginal band on the dorsal 

 fin. {BJ.) 



Sea of AmbojTia. 



_ I am not convinced, as Dr. Sleeker seems to be, of the identity of 

 his specimen with that described in the 'Voyage of the Bouitc.' 

 The latter is evidently a variety of A. multiocelJatus, as is proved by 

 the three ocelli disposed in a triangle on the caudal fin. If my 

 opinion should prove to be correct, the question will arise, whether 

 A. leprosus, Bleek., is a distinct species, or a variety of some other 

 one. As I have not an opportunity of deciding this, I prefer, at 

 present, not to alter the specific denomination. 



28. Antennarius bigibbus. 



Lophius bigibbus, Lacep. i. p. 325. 



Chironectes tuberosus, Cuv. Ilem. Mus. Hist. Nat. iii. 1817, p. 432 : 



Cue. Sf Veil xii. p. 428. 

 Antennarius unicornis, Benii. Zool. Jourit. iii. p. 374. pi. 9. fig. 1. 

 Chironectes reticulatus, Eyd. 8,- Soul. Voij. Bonite, Poiss. p. 186. pi. 5. 



fig. 2. 

 Antennarius tuberosus, Bleek. Kokos, v. p. 463. 

 D. 3 I 12. A. 7. P. 11. 

 The anterior dorsal spine filiform, about twice as long as the 

 second; the third nearly entirely enveloped in skin. Skin rough, 

 covered with minute spines, without cutaneous fringes. Red : head 

 and anterior portion of the back immaculate, rose-coloured; body 

 and dorsal fin reticulated with blackish-brown ; pectoral, ventral, 

 anal and caudal fins with a broad black band on the middle, and 

 with the posterior or inferior margins black. 



From Mauritius and Madagascar to New Ireland and the Sandwich 

 Islands. 



a-h. Adidt and half-grown. Madagascar. From the Collection of 

 the Zoological Society. — Types of A. unicornis, Benn. 



29. Antennarius bougalnvillii. 



Chu-ouectes bougainvillii, Cuv. 4" Val. xii. p. 431. 

 D. 3 I 15. A. 8. 

 The anterior dorsal spine is very short, somewhat swollen at the 

 extremity ; the second and third are nearly entirely hidden in the 

 skin. Dorsal and anal fins continued to the base of the caudal. 

 Skin naked, with some granulated hues on the head, and one along 

 the side of the body, lleddish. (FnZ.) 

 IJab. ? 



