420 SPAIUD^E. 



2. Box salpa. 



2aKirr], Arist. iv. c. 8, v. c. 9, 10, vi. c. 17, viii. c. 2, 13, ix. c. 37 ; 



u^lian, ix. c. 7. p. 510 ; Oppian, i. p. ; Athen. \'ii. p. 320. 

 Salpa, Or/rf. i/(//. v. 121 ; Pirn. ix. c. 57 ; i^c/fow. pp. 187, 189 ; Hond. 



V. c. 23. p. 154; Gestm: pp. 832, 979; Aldroi: ii. c. 21. p. 189 y 



Willmjhbtj, p. 310 ; Ray, p. 134. 

 Spams, no. 15, Artedi, Gen. p. 38. 

 salpa, Linn. Syst. Nat, i. p. 470 ; Briinn. Pise. Mass. p, 40 ; 



L. Gm. p. 1275 ; Bloeh, taf. 205 (not oood) ; Bl. Schn. p. 270 ; 



Laeep. iv. pp. 97, 101 ; Eisso, lehth. Nice, p. 243. 

 Cynsedus, Gronor. Zoophyl. no. 210. 



Box salpa, Ctiv. Sf Val.xi. p. 357. pi. 102 ; Webb {^ Berth. 1. c. ; Gui^h. I.e. 

 Cynfedus onias, Gronav. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 55. 



D. II, A. ^j. L. lat. 73. L. transv. 5;14. Ctee. pylor. 4. 



Vert. 10/14. 

 Body rather compressed ; caudalis forked. GreenLsh, with orange - 

 coloured longitudinal bands ; a black spot in and above the axil. 

 Mediterranean ; Canary Islands ; Cape Seas ? 



a. Adult : skin : not good state. Mediterranean. From the Collection 



of the Zoological Society. 



b. Young. Malta. Prom the Haslar Collection. 



c. Adult. Sicily. Presented by W. Swainson, Esq. ' 



d. 13" long. Madeira. From the Haslar Collection. 



e. Adult : stuffed. Cape Seas. Purchased of Sir A. Smith. — Axil 



with a black spot ; therefore not identical with B. gorecnsis. 



f. Adult : bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



g. Adult : bad state. 

 h. Adult: stuffed. 



?. Adult : skin. From Mr. YarreU's Collection. 



h. Half-grown. 



I. Half-grown : stuffed : bad state. From Mr. YarreU's Collection. 



m. Lai'ge specimen : skeleton. Lanzarote. From the Kev. R. T. 



Lowe's Collection. 

 n. Intestines of specimen m. 

 0. Half-grown : sldn. From Gronov's Collection. 



A description of the anatomy of the soft parts has been given by 

 Valenciennes, to which I may add, that the pyloric appendages are 

 verj^ elongate. 



Shcleton. — The occipital crest and the two lateral crests are rather 

 feeble and moderately elevated ; the former slightly extends on the 

 frontal bones, and the latter emit a flat free process posteriorly. The 

 upi)er surface of the frontal bones is slightly convex and roughened 

 by irregular small ridges and holes ; there is no central longitudinal 

 groove. The upper portion of the skull is liroad, and therefore the 

 turbinal bones are remote from each other ; they are transformed into 

 curved tubes. The intermaxillaries are short and strongly buUt ; 

 their posterior processes arc nearly equal in length to the descending 

 branch. The maxillaiy bone is short, bent, and veiy irregularly 

 shaped ; its upper portion is fitted in the angle of the intermaxillary 

 and pro\'ided with a deep groove for the articulation with the turbinal 

 bone, — a structure by which we are reminded of that of Girella, 



