358 7 11ISTIP031ATII).?J. 



of the head 3f to 4 ; the diameter of the eye is a httle less than 

 one-third of tlie latter. The prs'orhital is only half as high as the 

 eye, and has a short spine and some denticiilations beneath. Prse- 

 operculum with the angle rounded, slightly denticulated. The anal 

 spines strong, the second and thii'd nearly equal ; caudalis scarcely 

 emarginate. Coloration uniform. 

 Japanese Sea. 



9. Scolopsis monogramma. 



Scolopsides monogramma, (Kuhl i^- i: Hass.) Ciiv. 8f Val. v. p. 3-38; 

 Cuv. RPgne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 31. f. 3; Bleek. Verh. Batav. Gen. 

 xxiii. Sdeeti. p. 29 (not S3monymy). 



D. ^. A. y. L. lat. 46. L. transv. 4/16. 



The height of the body is 3|- in the total length, the length of the 

 head 4^ ; the diameter of the eye is nearly one-third of the length 

 of the head, and rather longer than the snout, or the distance between 

 the eyes. Prteorbital two-thirds as liigh as the eye, with a flat 

 strong spine and some denticiilations beneath ; prfeoperciilum di- 

 stinctly serrated at the angle and at the posterior limb, which is 

 slightly emarginate. The spines of the fins moderate ; the third of 

 the anal fin a little longer than the second. Caudalis emarginate. 

 Coloration uniform (in spirits). 



Sea of Java ; Molucca Sea. 



«. Adult. Moluccas. 



h. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



10. Scolopsis phseops. 



Scolopsides phseops, r^nnett, Proc. Comviitt. Zool. Sue. i. p. 165. 

 D. ~. A. J. L. lat. 44. L. transv. 5/17. 



The height of the body is three times in the total length (without 

 caudal fin), the length of the head 3^ ; the snout is rather longer 

 than the diameter of the eye, which is 3i in the length of the head. 

 The prseorbital is in the middle half as wide as the orbit, and armed 

 with a flat strong spine and several spinous teeth ; pr^operciilura 

 with strong spinous teeth, and with a notch above the projecting 

 angle. Caudalis deeply forked, with both lobes produced into fila- 

 ments. A silvery streak from the muzzle across the prseorbital to 

 the eye ; another from the praeorbital spine to the angle of the prae- 

 operculum. A hght yello-wish longitudinal band from over the eye, 

 above and parallel to the lateral line, to the end of the dorsal. 



Isle de France. 



a. Fine specimen. Isle de France. From the Collection of the 

 Zoological Society. — Type of the species. 

 Description of the specimen. — This species is rather elongated, the 

 greatest depth of the body being one-thu'd of the total length (-without 

 caudal fin). The head is rather broad and flat above, covered with 

 scales nearly to the nostrils ; all the snout is scaleless. The distance 

 between the eyes is moi'e than the width of the orbit, or the extent 



