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the length of the head live times and a third. The snout is of mo- 

 derate extent, subconical, with the lower jaw somewhat prominent. 

 Palatine teeth none. The width of the interorbital space is less 

 than the diameter of the eye ; a small simple tentacle above the 

 orbit. Scales exceedingly small. A short detached dorsal fin on 

 the nape of the neck ; the spines by which it is formed are slender, 

 and rather longer than those of the remaining fin ; the latter not 

 emarginate, united Avith the base of the caudal. Brown or yellowish, 

 more or less spotted and marbled with darker ; generally a series of 

 whitish or yellowish spots along the sides. 



Mediterranean. Cape of Good Hope. Coast of Australia. 



o . Euro^iean and African specimens, with nineteen or twenty soft 

 rays in the anal fin. 



a, h. Adult. Coast of Dalmatia. 



c. Adult : skin. Mediterranean. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



d. Adult. Sicily. Presented by W. Swainson, Esq. 

 e-g. Adult. Cape of Good Hope. 



/?. Australian specimens, with twenty-three soft rays in the 

 anal fin*. 



h. Adult. Port Jackson. Purchased of J. Gould, Esq. 

 i-m. Adult and half-grown : dried. Freycinet's Harbour. Voyage 



of the ' Herald.' 

 ? Wr-o. Adult : not good state. Dredged in from two to four fathoms 



on sandy ground. Gages Eoad, Swan River. Presented by the 



Earl of Derby. 



2. Cristiceps xauthosoma. 



Clinus xanthosoma, Bleeker, Java, iv. p. 340. 



B. 6. D. 3|f. A.^. V. 3. 



The height of the body is five times and a quarter to five times 

 and a half in the total length, the length of the head five times to 

 five times and a quarter. The snout is subconical, shoi'ter than the 

 eye, with the jaws equal in front. Vomerine and palatine teeth. 

 The width of the interorbital space is one-half the diameter of the 

 eye ; a small fringed tentacle above the orbit, another at the nostril. 

 Scales rudimentary. A short detached dorsal fin on the nape of the 

 neck ; it is higher than the spinous portion of the second fin ; the 

 soft portion united with the caudal. Uniform yellow. {Bleek.) 



Sea of Karangbollong (South Java). 



3. Cristiceps nasutus. 



D. 3 I ^. A. ^. V. 1/3. P. 13. C. 9. 



The height of the body is contained five times and a half in the 



* Those who consider tliis variety as a separate species may call it Cristiceps 

 antinectes. 



