518 ADDENDA. 



Page 58. Scatophagus argus. 



Several of the specimens exhibit the fourth dorsal spine so short, 

 that its length is one-third of the height of the body, and I begin to 

 doubt whether Sc. ornatus is reaUy a distinct species. 



e. Adult : stuffed. Calcutta. From the Collection of the East India 

 Company. 



^. Young. Calcutta. From the Collection of Messrs. von Schlagint- 

 weit. 



7j. Young. Bengal. From the Collection of the East India Com- 

 pany. 



6, I. Young. Amoy (China). Purchased. 



K. Young. From the Collection of the East India Company. 



\-^. Half-grown and young : skins. From the Collection of the 

 East India Company. 



There is a figure of the skeleton in Agass. Eech. Poiss. Foss. iv. 

 p. 230. tab. H. 



Page 62. Ephippus orbis. 



e. Adult. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 d-f. Half-grown and young : skins. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. 

 Cantor's Collection. 



Page 62. Drepane punctata. 



This species has been figured by Dampier, Voy. Few Holland, ii. 

 pi. 4. 



A. Uniform specimens. 



I. Adult : stiiifed. China. Presented by J. E. Keeves, Esq. 

 m. Half-grown: skin^ Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 7i~q. Young. From the Haslar Collection. 



B. "With vertical series of brown specks. 



r. Seventeen inches long : skin. East Indies. From the Collection 



of the East India Company, 

 s. Adult : skin. East Indies. From the Collection of the East India 



Company. 

 t. Adult : stuffed. From the Collection of the East India Company. 

 u, V. Half-grown. Singapore. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



Page 64. Scorpis aequipinnis. 



/, (/. Half-grown. Austraha. Presented bj the Earl of Derby. — 

 The pseudobranchiae are present in the genus Scorpis ; and this 

 species has teeth on the pteiygoid bones. 



Page 65. Atypus strigatus. 

 /, (/. Fine specimens. Erumanga. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 



