124 TRIGLID^. 



compressed iu its longitudinal diameter. The neural, haemal, inter- 

 neural, and interhsemal spines are of moderate length and strength, 

 the anterior intemeurals being dilated, so that they touch one 

 another. 



2. Pterois lunulata. 



Temm. ^- Schleg. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 45. pi. 19. 

 D. 12|i. A. f 



Scales small, nape of the neck scaly ; the space between the eyes 

 is very concave, and its width is less than the diameter of the eye, 

 which is one-half the length of the snout. The pectoral fins reach 

 nearly to the extremity of the caudal. Orbital tentacles very short. 

 Red : darker on the first dorsal, pectoral, and ventral fins. Two black 

 streaks across the occiput, one descending behind the eye, on to the 

 cheek, the other to the operculum. Body with a great many black 

 cross-bars. Fins spotted with black ; caudal generally uniform red. 



Sea of Japan. 



a. Adult: very bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



3. Pterois kodipungi. 



Bleek. Banka, p. 450. 



D. 12 I ^. A. y. L. lat. 70. 



The space between the eyes equals in width their diameter, which 

 is 31 to 4 in the length of the head. The pectoral fins reach to, or 

 beyond, the caudal. Orbital tentacles moderate. Red, with a great 

 many brownish cross -bands ; the soft portions of the vertical fins 

 immaculate. 



East Indian Archipelago. Coast of Australia. 



a. Adult : stufied. Avistralia. Presented by the Zoological Society. 

 h, c. Half-grown ; dried : bad state. 



4. Pterois antennata. 



Pseudopterus, sp., Klein, 3Iiss. v. p. 76. uo. 1. tab. 4. f. 6. 



Scorpsena antennata, Bl. t. 185 ; Bl. Schn. p. 193. 



Pterois antennata, Cut: ^- Val. iv. p. 361 ; Less. Voij. Coq. Zool. Poiss. 



p. 212 ; Bleek. Solor, p. 72. 

 genisen-a, Cm: S/- Val. iv. p. 366 ; Belanyer, Voy. Lid. Orient. 



p. 353. pi. 1. f. 2. 

 russellii, Benn. Proc. C'omm. Zool. Soc. i. p. 128. 



D. 11 I -5-. A. -I-. L. lat. 55. Vert. 9/15. 



I 11 6 ' 



Nape of the neck scaly ; the space between the eyes is very con- 

 cave, and its mdth much less than the diameter of the eye, which is 

 1| in the length of the snout. The pectoral fins reach to, or beyond, 

 the caudal. Rose-coloiu-ed : body with about thirteen brown cross- 

 streaks, alternating with narrower ones of a veUo wish-brown colour; 



