394 SCOMBEIDiE. 



b. Adult : stuffed. British coast. 



c. Half-growu : skin. Plymouth. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



d. Half-grown : skin. South Devonshire. From Mr. Yarrell's Col- 



lection. 



e. Young. South Devonshire. Museum Leach. 



/. Half-grown : stuffed. Frith of Forth. From Dr. Parnell's Col- 

 lection. 

 g. Adult : skin. Austraha. — Type of Z. australis, liichards. 

 7i-l\ Half-grown and young : skins. 

 ?-n. Half-grown : bad state. 

 o,p. Adult: skeletons. 



2. Zeus japonicus. 



Krusenst. JReise Atl. taf. 51. f. 1. 



Zeus japoniciLsi, Cuv. 8f Val. x. p. 24; Bleek. Verh. Batav. Genootsch. 



xxvi. Japan, p. 105. 

 faber japonicus, Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 123. pi. 66 A. 



D. 10 I 22. A. 4 I 21. 



Six, occasionally seven, bony plates along the base of the soft 

 dorsal and anal, but none at the base of the spinous portions ; each 

 of the plates armed with a paii' of spines ; scapular region and prse- 

 operculum spineless ; a series of spiny plates between the ventral 

 and anal fins. A round black spot in the middle of the side. 



Sea of Japan. 



3. Zeus capensis. 

 Cm. <§• Val. X. p. 23. 



D. 10 I 22. A. 4 I 22. 



Eleven bony plates along the bases of the soft dorsal and anal fins, 

 but none at the base of the spinous dorsal ; each of the plates armed 

 with a single spine; praeorbital, praeoperculum, scapular and humeral 

 regions spineless ; a series of plates between the ventral and anal, 

 which are provided with a ridge, but not with spines. 



Cape Seas. 



a. Two feet long : stuffed. 



4. Zeus puugio. 



Faber, Rondel, xi. cap. 19. p. 328. 



Zeus pimgio, Ciw. Sf Val. x. p. 25. pi. 280; Guichen. Explor. Alger. 

 Poiss. p. 64. 



D. 10 I 23. A. 4 I 22. 

 Four or five bony plates along the base of the soft dorsal, nine 

 along that of the anal, but none at the base of the spinous dorsal ; 

 each of the plates armed with a j^air of strong spines ; scapular and 

 humeral regions Avith a flat and prominent spine ; prajoperculum 

 generally with two spines, jira^orbital with a single one, pointing 



