166 STNGNATHIDJE. 



(i-b. Adiilt and half-grown. Mediterranean. Purchased of Mr. 



Argent. 

 c-d. Adult male and female. Atlantic. Presented by General 



Hard^vicke. 

 e-f. Adult male and female. Mid Atlantic. Purchased of Mr. 



Rouse, 

 r/. Adult male and female. West Indies. Presented by Dr. J. E. 



Gray. 

 h. Adult female. Cuba. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 i-l\ Adult males. Falkland Islands. Presented by W. E. Wright, 



Esq. 

 l-o. Fine specimens. New Zealand. Presented by Mrs. Wormald. 

 p. Many specimens. South Australia. Presented by Sir G. Grey. 

 q. Several half-grown and young specimens. China. 

 r. Fine specimen. Mauritius. Presented by Lady Sale. 

 s, t, u, V, w, X, y, z, a, ft, y. Many specimens without indication of 



the locality. 



20. Syngnathus modestus. 

 D. 22. Osseous rings 17 + 31. 



The length of the head is one-eighth of the total ; snout half as 

 long as the head. A distinct median ridge on the nuchal shields ; 

 supraciliary edge continued into a short ridge behind. Anterior part 

 of the opcrclc with a faint ridge. Body deeper than broad ; tail 

 twice as long as the trunk ; ridges prominent ; shields without 

 spines. Caudal pouch half as long as the tail. Dorsal fin com- 

 mencing on tlie front suture of the anal ring. Caudal fin well de- 

 veloped. Lower side of the snout with brownish fasciola; ; body 

 without distinct markings. 



? New Hebrides ; ? South America. 



a . Five and a half inches long. — A detached label in MacGillivray's 

 handwriting, with " Aneiteum " marked on it, was foimd with 

 this example. It is very probable, though not quite certain, 

 that this label belongs to the specimen. 



h. Female, 6 inches long. — This examjjle is in a bottle marked 

 " South America," and containing a label with the word " acus " 

 in Dr. Kaup's handwriting. Probably the specimen has been 

 placed in a wrong bottle, as is imfortunately so frequently the 

 case with the older examples of Lophobranchiate fishes in this 

 collection. 



21. Syngnathus (?) crinitus. 

 Syngnathus crinitus, Jciiyns, Zool. Bcagh; Fish. p. 148, pi. 27. fig. 5. 

 D. ca. 20. Osseous rings 16-|-36. 



Head and snout very short, the length of the former being one- 

 eleventh of the total. Snout one-third as long as the head, some- 

 what bent upwards. Crown of the head keeled ; a ver}' small 

 supraciliary filament. Intcrorbital space concave. Tail not twice 



