408 MULLID.T:. 



bands yellow or white ; sometimes a thii'd black band from the spi- 

 nous dorsal. An oblong black spot behind the eye. The basal half 

 of the second dorsal black, the upper half with white longitudinal 

 bands ; the anal with blackish longitudinal bands. 

 From the Indian Ocean to Polynesia. 



a. Adult. China. Presented by Sir J. E-ichardson. 

 h. Adult. China. 



c. Young. Araboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



d. Half-grown. Celebes. 



e. Adult : sldn : bad state. Ceylon. Presented by the Zoological 



Society. 

 /. Adult: skeleton. India. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 q. Half- grown. India. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 h. Half-grown. India. From the Haslar Collection. 

 I. Half-grown. IncUa. From the Haslar Collection. 



Var. — Anterior portion of the body black, with two white longi- 

 tudinal bands, one from the muzzle above the eye to the origin of the 

 soft dorsal ; the second oblique, from the check below the eye to the 

 lateral line. A black spot on each side of the tail instead of the 

 caudal band. 

 \-. Half-gi'own. East Inches. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



The skeleton of this species is entirely similar to that of Upeneus 

 harherinus : the length of the abdominal portion of the vertebral 

 column is to that of the caudal as 1:1-6. 



10. Upeneus maculatus. 



Margrave, pp. lf)G, 181. 

 Mulius maculatus, Bl. taf. 348. f. 1. 



I^peneus macidatus. Cm. ^ Val. iii. p. 478 ; Poey, 3Iem. Cub. p. 223 ; 

 Casfcln. Anim. notiv. ou raves Amer. Slid, p. 6. 



D. 8 I 9. A. 7. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 3/6. 



Ca3C. pylor. 8-9 {Cuv. ; 18, Poey). Vert. 10/14. 



The height of the body is 4| in the total length ; the interspace 



between the eyes one-half of the length of the snout, and flat. Two 



black blotches on the lateral line, corresponding to the two dorsal 



fins. 



Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



a-i. Adult and half-grown : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's 



Collection. 

 h. Half-grown. ' — 



I. Half-gro^^^l. 'Went Indies. 

 m. Adult: stuffed. West Indies. Fi-om Mr. Scrivener's Collection. 



11. Upeneus punctatus. 



Cuv. ^- VfiL lii. p. 482. 



D. 7 ! 9. A. 7. 



Red. each scale with a lilac centre ; on each side of the snout 



