322 TEXTTHIDID^. 



T. nebulosa : the body is represented as purplish-brown, and there 

 are round yellowish spots on the head and the base of the pectoral 

 fin ; these spots are wanting in the specimens mentioned, and may 

 have been eifaced by the action of the spirit. Forster, however, de- 

 scribes the fish as pro^ddcd -nith " punctis gilvis numerosissimis." 

 Whether these dots are omitted in the drawing, or whether the de- 

 scription is incorrect, we are unable to say without actual specimens 

 from New Caledonia, where Forster obtained the species. In the 

 former case the species will be distinct from T. nebulosa, in the latter 

 it will probably prove to be identical with it. 



21. Teuthis argentea. 



Amphacanthus argenteus, Quay <^ Gaim. Voi/. Uran. Zool. p. 368. 

 pi. 62. fig. 3 ; Cm: ^ Val. x. p. 161. 



The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length ; caudal 

 emarginate. Silvery : back brownish. 

 Marianes Islands. 



n. Stufi"ed : not good state. Old Collection. 



22. Teuthis marmorata. 



Amphacanthus marmoratus, Quor/ 8f Gaim. Voy. Uran. Zool. p. 367. 



pi. 62. fig. 1 ; Chv. (§- Val. x. p." 124. 

 scaroides, Bleek. Sumatra, li. p. 262. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length. Bluish, 

 with violet streaks, which are broader than the interspaces between 

 them, and longitudinal on the sides, whUst they are more vermicu- 

 lated and reticulated on the back. 



Marianes Islands. East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Yoting. Borneo. 



23. Teuthis lineata. 



Amphacanthus lineatus, Cuv. Sf Val. x. p. 130. pi. 286. 



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

 (in spirits), with nine or ten brown longitudinal streaks anastomosing 

 with one another; a yolloMash spot below the soft dorsal, dotted 

 with black and edged with red. Caudal and anal fins, and the hinder 

 part of the tail, with brown spots. Head with some obHqae bluish 

 lines. {Veil.) 



Vanicolo and New Guinea. 



24. Teuthis sigana. 



Scarus siganus, Forsk. p. 25. 



rivulatus, Forsk. I. c. 



Amphacanthus siganus, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 44. taf. 11. fig. 1, and 

 N. W. Fische, p. 129 ; ?Cuv. l^ Val. x. p. 152. 



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



