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anal fins ; the dots are very small, much smaller than the interspaces 

 between them, but larger and more crowded on the head and the 

 thorax. 



Seychelles ; Molucca Sea. 



o. Adult. Molucca Sea. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



5. Teuthis vermiculata. 



Amphacantlius vermiculatus, (Kuhl ^- r. Hass.) Cuv. 8f Vol. x. p. 126 ; 

 Mull. 8f Schleg. Verh. Orerz. Bez. Vissch. p. 11. pi. 3. fig. 2 ; Bleek. 

 Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiii., Tenth, p. 11. 



The height of the body is contained twice and two-fifths in the 

 total length. Brown, with venniciilated bluish lines on the head 

 and on the whole body, except on the belly ; caudal dotted all over 

 with brown. 



From He de France to the coasts of New Guinea. 



a. Fine specimen. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



h. Fine specimen. Philippine Islands. Pui-chased of Mr. Cuming. 



c. Half-grown. Old Collection. 



6. Teuthis labyrinthodes. 



Amphacanthus lab^i-iuthodes, Bleek. Batav. p. 471. 

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

 fin emarginate. Eed, with numerous undulated and reticulated, 

 transverse and longitudinal, short blue lines ; vertical fins immacu- 

 late. {Bl.) 



Sea of Batavia. 



7. TeutMs sutor. 



Amphacanthus sutor, Cuv. 8f Val. x. p. 148. 



The height of the body is more than one-third of the total length. 

 Brown, minutely dotted all over with whitish. ( VaJ.) 

 Seychelles ; coast of Malabar. 



8. Teuthis margaritifera. 



Amphacanthus niargaritiferus, Cuv. <^- Val. x. p. 145 ; Bleek. Java, iv. 

 p. 334. 



The height of the body is contained three times or three times and 

 a third in the total length. Caudal fin emarginate. Ground-colour 

 brownish-olive, dotted aU over with white ; no brown spot on the 

 shoulder. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Seventeen inches long : stuffed. — A. y-. 



9. Teuthis tumifrons. 

 Amphacanthus tumifrons, Cuv. Sf Val, x. p. 159. 

 The height of the body is contained thrice and a half in the total 



