246 TRACHINin^. 



longitudinal streak ; the first dorsal marbled with blackish, the 

 second with four or five series of oblong spots. 

 Australian 8eas. 



a. Adult female. Van Uiemen's Land. Presented by Lieut. A. 



J. Smith. 

 6. Large specimen. Australia. From Mr. Macgillivi-ay's Collection. 



c. Advilt : skin. Port Jackson. Purchased of ^Ix. Gould. 



d. Adult : stuffed. Cape York. Voyage of the ' Eattlesnake.' 



Native name Koopooroo. 



e. Adult : skin. Voyage of H.M.S. Fly. 



/. Adult : bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 

 g. Adult : bad state. Old Collection. 



Air-bladder spindle-shaped, extending between the muscles of the 

 tail. 



6. Sillago macrolepis. 



Bleeker, Bali, iii. p. 106. 



D. 11 I _1_. A. ^. L. lat. 50-55. L. transv. 4/? 



The height of the body is Q-Q\ in the total length, the length of 

 the head 4-44 ; the diameter of the eye is 2| in the latter, and 

 twice the interorbital space. Ventral sj)ine feeble. Coloration 

 uniform. (Bleel:) 



Seas of Batavia and Bali. 



7. Sillago chondropus, 

 Bleeker, Perc. p. 61, and Bali, iii. p. 164. 



D. 11 ! i. A. ^. L. lat. 70. L. transv. 6/11. 



The height of the body is 7| in the total length, the length of the 

 head nearly five times. The space between the eyes is one-half the 

 length of the snout. The ventral spine curved, very thick, flexible. 

 Coloration uniform. 



Molucca Sea. 



a. Adult, Molucca. 



8. Sillago domina. 



Cuv. Sf Val. iii. p. 415. pi. 69 ; Regne Aiiim. III. pi. 13. f. 1 ; Cantor, 

 Catal. p. 21. 



D. 9|^. A.i. L. lat. 86. 



The second dorsal spine very long, sometimes reaching to the root 

 of the caudal ; the ventral spine feeble. The space between the eyes 

 is 2h in the length of the snout. Coloration uniform brownish. 



Bay of Bengal ; East Indian Archipelago. 

 a. Adidt : stuffed. Ganges, at Calcutta. From Mi-. "Warwick's Col- 

 lection. 

 h. Adult : stuffed : not good state. Bay of Bengal. Presented by 

 the Zoological Society. 



