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that of the head. Ground-colour dark : the whitish spots arc round 

 on the back, oblong on the middle of the side, and confluent and 

 forming longitudinal streaks on the belly ; the spots and streaks are 

 smaller and narrower than the interspaces of the ground-colour. 

 Head without streaks ; vertical fins immaculate. 

 East Indian Seas. Hobson Bay (Australia). 



a. Adult : skin. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. E. F. Kelaart. 



b-d. Adult and half-grown : skins. Pinaug. From Dr. Cantor's 



Collection. 

 e. Young. Singapore. 



/. Fine specimen. Amboyna. Pui'chased of Mr. Stevens. 

 g. Adult : skin. Hobson Bay. Voyage of H.M.S. Fly. 

 h, i-k. Adult and half-grown : not good state. 



2. Teuthis canaliculata. 



? Chsetodon caualieulatiis, Midu/q Park, Trans. Linn. Soc. ill. p. 33 ; 



Zacep. iv. p. 473 ; Bl. Schi. p. 209. 

 Amphacantlius canaliculatiis, Bleek. Sumatra, i. p. 580. 



The height of the body is contained twice and two-thirds to twice 

 and three-fourths in the total length. Caudal slightly emarginate. 

 Back brownish ; forehead and snout with transverse blue streaks ; 

 back and sides with numerous blue dots. (Bleeh.) 



Sumatra. 



3. Teuthis concatenata. 



Amphacanthus concatenatus, Cuv. ^ Val. x. p. 127 ; Bleek. Act. Soc. 



Sc. Indo-Nedcrl. \., Amboina, p. 46. 

 Teuthis concatenata, Cant. Catal. p. 208. 

 Skeleton: Geoff. St.-Uil. Philos. Anat. i. p. 471. pi. 9. fig. 107. 



The height of the body is two-fifths of the total length. Caudal fin 

 slightly emarginate. Back and sides with yellowish or reddish 

 roundish spots, larger than, or as large as, the interspaces of the dark 

 ground-colour ; the spots become smaller towards the abdomen ; 

 head with several obhque bluish lines ; the soft dorsal and anal fins 

 with obscure dots along the rays. — Caec. pylor. 5 (6). Vert. 10/13. 



East Indian Seas. 



a. Fine specimen. Amboyna. Pui'chased of Mr. Frank. 

 h. Skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 c~d. Adult and young. Singapore. 



4. Teuthis corallina. 



Amphacanthus corallinus, Cuv. ^- Val. x. p. 139 ; MiiU. S,- Sclilef/. Verh. 

 Overz. Bezitt. Vissch. p. 10. pi. 2. fig. 2 ; Bleek. Verhaml. Batav. Ge- 

 nootsch. xxiii., Teuth. p. 11. 



The height of the body is contained twice and three-fourths in the 

 total length. Caudal fin deeply emarginate. Orange-coloured, with 

 small sky-blue dots on the body and on the base of the caudal and 



