208 PEECID^. 



caudal lliis blackish, the others yellowish ; no black spot at the base 

 of the pectoral. 



Japanese, Chinese, and Javanese Seas; AmbojTia ; Loiiisiade Ai'chi- 

 pelago ; Island of Waigiou ; north coast of AiLstralia. 



a. Half-gro^vn : skin. Chinese Seas. Pui-chased of Mr. Warwick. 

 h. Young: not good state. Hong Kong. From the Haslar Col- 

 lection. 



c. Adult. Aniboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



d. Young. Amboyna. Piu'cliased of Mr. Frank. 



€. Half-gro^^^l. Molucca Sea. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



/. Half-grown : stuffed. Louisiade Ai-chipelago. Presented by the 



Lords of the Admiralty. 

 y. Half-grown : stuffed. Louisiade Ai'chipelago. Voyage of the 



Rattlesnake. 

 h. Half-grown : stuffed. Louisiade Ai'chipelago. (15 fathoms.) 



Voyage of the llattlesnake. 

 i. Half-grown : stuffed. Louisiade Archipelago (Chaumont Island). 



Voyage of the llattlesnake. 

 h. Adult : stuffed. Port Essington. Collected by Macgillivray. 

 I, m. Young. From the Haslar Collection, 

 n. Adult: stuffed. 



Cuv. and Val. quote for their description the species of Quoy and 

 Gaimard, but give eleven sjiines for the dorsal fin. The description 

 and figure in the ' Zoologie de la Voyage, par L. de Freycinet,' per- 

 fectly agree with each other, as well as with the species of the * Favma 

 Japonica ' and with oiu- specimens. The number given in the ' Hist. 

 Nat. des Poissons ' apj)ears to be wrong. 



38. Mesoprion bleekeri. 



Mesoprion lineolatus, Bleeker, Fere. p. 46. (Diacope lineolata, Riq^i). 

 different.) 



D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 60. 



The height of the body is 4^ in the total length, and the length 

 of the head is 3| ; the diameter of the eye is one-fourth of the 

 latter. Muzzle rather narrow, 'n'ith the lower profile as much 

 ascending as the upper is descending. Jaws equal in front, the 

 upper maxillaiy Ijone reaching to below the anterior half of the eye. 

 Prasoperculum serrated, wdth rather prominent and stronger denti- 

 culated angle ; suprascapula serrated. Caudahs trancated ; pectoral 

 small, short, not reaching beyond the end of the ventral ; the thu'd, 

 foiu-th, and fifth dorsal spines longest, all being slender ; the second 

 of the anal rather thinner and shorter than the tliii'd. Yellowish 

 oUve, ■n^th a blackish longitudinal band from the eye to the caudal tin. 



Sea of Bata\'ia ; .\jnljoj-na. 



a. Adult. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



h. Half-grown. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



c. Young. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



