1. TEUTUIS. , 315 



lines. 



Length of tlic sixth vertebra 2| 



of the tenth vertebra 2^ 



of the sixteenth vertebra 2 



of the twenty-second vertebra 1 ^ 



of the abdominal portion 22^ 



■ of the caudal portion 23| 



Syjwpsis of the Species. 



A. Ground-colour darker than the markings, which are in the form of 



whitish or bluish spots or vermiculated lines. 



I. The height of the body is more than a third of the total length. 



1. T. javus. 3. T. concatenata. 6. T. labji'inthodes. 



2. T. canaliculata. 4. T. corallina. 7. T. sutor. 



5. T. vermiculata. 



II. The height of the body is one-third or less than one-third of the 



total length. 



8. T. margaritifera. 10. T. dorsahs. 12. T. albopunctata. 



9. T. tumifrons. 11. T. oramin. 13. T. striolata. 



B. Ground-colour blue, with golden dots. 



14. T. hexagonata. 



C. Ground-coloui' lighter than the markings, which ai'e in the form of 



brown spots or vermicidated streaks. 

 15. T. guttata. IG. T. stellata. 17. T. notosticta. 



D. Coloration uniform or irregularly marbled, the outlines of the mark- 



ings being not defined. 

 18. T. fuscescens. 19. T. hvcida. 21. T. argentea. 



20. T. nebidosa. 



E. Markings darker than the ground-colour, chiefly in the form of lon- 



gitudinal streaks. 



22. T. marmorata. 23. T. lineata. 



F. Very distinct transverse sti'eaks. 



24. T. sigana. 26. T. doliata. 28. T. virgata. 



25. T. tetrazona. 27. T. puella. 29. T. vidpma. 



1. Teuthis javus. 



Teuthis javus, L.Syst. i. p. 507 ; L. Gm. i. p. 1362 ; Cant. Catal. p. 207. 



Hepatus, Gronov. Zooph. p. 113. no. 352. tab. 8. fig. 4. 



Russell, ii. pi. 102. 



Amphacanthus javus, Ctiv. »§- Val. x. p. 118 ; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. 



Genootsch. xxiii., Tmith. p. 9 ; Schleg. 8( 3Iull. Verhand. Nat. Gesch. 



Overs. Bezitt. p. 10. 

 russellii, Bleek. Topogr. Batav. 



The height of the body is two -fifths of the total length ; the length 

 of the free portion of the tail is contained twice and three-fifths in 



