36 SaUAMIPIXNES. 



1. Chelmo rostratus. 



Seha, iii. pi. 25. f. 17. 



Chtetodon rostratus, L. Mus. Ad. Fried, i. p. 61. tab. 33. f. 2 ; Z. Gin. 



p. 1244 ; Bl. tab. 202. f. 1 ; Bl. Schn. p. 221 ; Shaiv, Zool. iv. p. 337. 



pi. 47 ; GroHov. Sijst. ed. Gray, p. 73. 

 Jaculator, Schlosser,' Phil. Tram. 1764, p. 39. pi. 9. 

 Choetodon enceladus, Shaw, Nat. Misc. p. 2. pi. 67. 

 Chelmon rostratvis, Cuv. Begne Anim. ; Benn. Life of Raffles, p. 689 



Ciiv. Sf Val. vii. p. 87; Cant. Catal. p. 158; Cui\ BegneAmm. Bl. 



Poiss. pi. 40. f. 1 ; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. Chcetod. 



p. 20. 



D. ^. A. ~. L. lat. 47. L. transv. 9/20. Vert. 10/14. 



The length of the snout (from the anterior margin of the orbit) is 

 one-half the length of the head. Head and body with five brownish 

 cross-bands, edged with brown and white ; a round black white- 

 edged spot in the middle of the soft dorsal, within the fourth cross- 

 band ; the fifth band black round the tail. 



East Indian Seas. West coast of Australia. Entering rivers. 



a. Adult. Celebes. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 



h-e. Adult. Singapore. 



f. Adult : skeleton. Singapore. 



</. Adult : bad state. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



h, i. Young. Poi-t Essington. From the Haslar Collection. 



h. Adult. Presented by Sii' J. Richardson. 



I. Adult : skin. From Gronov's Collection. 



m. Half-grown. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher. 



n. Half-grown : discoloured. 



The skeleton differs from that of the following species by a shorter 

 lower praeopercular limb, its length being 1| in that of the posterior. 



2. Chelmo marginalis. 



Richardson, Ann. 8f 3Iag. Nat. Hist. 1842, x. p. 29, 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 9/22. Cac. pylor. 5. 



Vert. 10/14. 



The length of the snout is one-half that of the head. Head and 

 body with four brownish cross-bands, edged with brown and white ; 

 sometimes an indistinct blackish spot in the middle of the soft dorsal, 

 within the third cross-band ; the fourth band round the tail. 



Perhaps a variety of Ch. rostratus, from the 'West coast of 

 Australia. 



a. Adult. Swan River. 



b. Adult : skin. Port Essington, From Mr. Gilbert's Collection. — 



Type of the species. 



c. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



d. Adult : skeleton. From the Haslar Collection. 



e. Half-grown. Australia. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



