202 TRIGLID^. 



operculum and operculum with a keel, terminating in a spine ; the 

 opercular spine exceedingly strong and grooved. Dorsal spines 

 rather strong, the third and foiu'th ai-e the longest. Back spotted 

 with brown ; the second dorsal with a series of brown spots, the first 

 with a large black blotch. (Schleg.) 

 Sea of Japan. 



4. Trigla pleuracaiithica. 



Eichards. Voy. Ereb. Sf Terr. Ichthijol. p. 23. pi. 10. f. 1-4. 

 D. 8 1 14. A. 14. L. lat. 55. 

 Along the lateral Hue a series of imbricate scaly plates, each an- 

 gularly bent, and the edge terminating in a sti'ong spine. The other 

 scales small. The snout is of moderate extent, with the upper pro- 

 file slightly concave. 

 Sydney Cove. 



a, h. Half-grown : veiy bad state ; have been in chloride of zinc. 

 Sydney. From the Haslar Collection. — Types of the species. 



5. Trigla hinmdo. 



Corax, Rondel. Pise. i. lib. 10. cap. 7 ; Gesner, Aquat. iv. p. 299 ; 



Aldrov. Pise. ii. cap. 57 ; Willuglihy, Ichth. iv. p. 280 ; Ray, Syn. 



Pise. p. 87. 

 Corvus, Scdv. Hist. Aquat. p. 194. f. 71. 



Hirundo, Aldrov. Pise. ii. cap. 3. p. 133 ; WiUuyhby, p. 280 ; Ray, p. 88. 

 Lucerua Veuetorum, Wilhiyhby, iv. p. 281 ; Ray, p. 88. 

 Trigla cuculuSj-SrH^H.P/.sr.^/c/.s.v. p. 77; Gronoc.Hyst. ed. Gray,'p. 105. 

 hinmdo, PL taf. 00 ; PL 8c]in. p. 15 ; Lacep. iii. p. 353 ; Risso, 



Ichth. Niee, p. 205 ; Cuv. &)• Val. iv. p. 40 ; Parn. Fishes Frith of 



Forth, p. 10. pi. 20 ; Yarrell, Prit. Fishes, i. p. 47 ; Guichen. Explor. 



Alger. Poiss. p. 39. 

 P Trigla hja-ax, Pall. Zoogr. p. 238; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Russ. 



Merid. in. p. 375. 

 Trigla conus, Risso, Hist. Nat. iii. p. 398. 



' corax, Bonap. Faun. Pal. Pesei, pi. . f. 1. 



Skeleton : Rosenthal, Ichthyoloyische Tafeln, tab. 18. f. 1. 



D. 9 I 16(17). A. 16. CiEc. pylor. 8. Vert.-^. 



Scales extremely small, those of the lateral line ■ndthout any 

 armature. The snout is rather elongate, with the upper profile 

 nearly straight. The space between the eyes is concave, and its 

 width equal to the diameter of the eye. Praeorbital anteriorly with 

 prominent spines ; the first dorsal spine somewhat tubercidar ; the 

 second is the longest, and equal to the distance between the posterior 

 nostril and the angle of the praeoperculum. The pectoral reaches to 

 the vertical from the eighth (seventh) dorsal ray. Brownish-red ; 

 pectorals blackish, margined with blue. 



Mediterranean ; western coasts of Eui'ope. 



a. Adult. Dalmatia. 



6. Half-grown. Sicily. Presented by W. Swainson, Esq. 



c. Half-grown. Bay of Naples. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq. 



