126 triglidyt:. 



and body ; pectoral blackish, -n-ith whitish spots on the rays, and 

 the inner surface black, dotted all over with white. The rays of 

 the vertical fins spotted -ttdth black. 

 Eed Sea ; Indian Ocean. 



7. Pterois zebra. 



Renard, i. pi. 6. f. 41. 



Pterois zebra, Can. Hf Val. iv. p. 367 ; Regne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 24. 



f. 1 (not good) ; Bleek. Amh. iff Cer. p. 265 ; Quay ^- Gaim. Voy. 



Uran. Zool. p. 329, and Voy. Astrol. Poiss. p. 692. pi. 11. f. 6. 



D. 12 i^. A.|. L. lat. 48-50. Ctec. pylor. 3. Yert. 10/14. 



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

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

 is 1 :| in the length of the snout. The upper and middle rays of the 

 pectoral not, or slightly, detached from one another, and the fin does 

 not reach to the caudal. The upper margin of the orbit wdth spines 

 on the anterior and posterior angles only. Eed : body with about 

 six brown cross-bands, another across the opercles ; cheeks spotted 

 with brown. AU the rays of the vertical fins black-spotted ; pectorals 

 with semilunar blackish spots between the rays. 



Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



a. Adult. Amboyna. Pm-chased of Mr. Frank. 



b. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



c. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



d. Half-grown : skeleton. Amboj-na. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



e. Young. Amboyna. Pui'chased of Mr. Frank. 



f. g. Half-grown. China. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher. 

 h. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



i. Adult. Madagascar. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 

 /.-. Young. Purchased of Mi". Jamrach. 



The skeleton of this species is exceedingly similar to that of Ft. 

 antennata, and there is no difference in the bones of the skull, except 

 in the infraorbital ridge being armed with a single series of spines. 

 There are ten abdominal and fourteen caudal vertebrae, the length 

 of the former portion of the vertebral column being to that of the 

 latter as 1:1-4. 



8. Pterois brachyptera. 



? Scor^s&na.koemgn, m.Ni/aHaficU. Stockh. x. 1789, p. 235. tab. 7. f. 2. 

 Pterois brachyptera, Cuv. 6r Val. iv. p. 368 ; Bleek. Amb. Sf Cer. p. 265. 



D. 12 1 -i-. A. f. L. lat. 45. 



Nape of the neck scaly ; the space between the eyes is very concave, 

 and its width much less than the diameter of the eye, which nearly 

 equals the extent of the snout. The upper and middle rays of the 

 pectoral not, or slightly, detached from one another, and the fin does 

 not reach to the caudal. The entire upper margin of the orbit 



