15. nippocAMPus. 203 



i-k. Adult aud half-grown. Port au Priuce. From the Collection 



of the Zoological Society. 

 I, m-n. Adult and half-grown. Cuba. From the Collection of the 



Zoological Society. 



0. Half-grown. Surinam. From the Collection of Dr. van Lidth 



de Jeude. 

 p-t. Adult. Bahia. From Dr. Wucherer's Collection. 

 u-v. Adult and half-grown. Museum Leach. 

 w, X, y. Adult and half-grown. 



bb, Indian specimens. 



z, n-^, e-Q. Half-grown. Zanzibar. From Licut.-Col. Playfair's 

 Collection. 



1. Hj-^e oiH.hmla. East-Indian archii)elago. From Dr. Bleeker's 



Collection. 



K-\. Adult and half-grown. Amboyna. 



H- Adult : dried. Madras. 



V. Adult. Singapore. From the Collection of the East-India Com- 

 pany. 



i. Adult. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Jararach. 



/3. Nearly uniform dark brown. 



aa. Atlantic specimens. 



o. Adult. West coast of Africa. 



TT. Adult : dried. Brazil. Presented by Mrs. Parker. 



p. Half-gro^\Ti : dried. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's Collection. 



bb. Indian specimens. 



i. Half-grown. Ked Sea. Collected by W. Jesse, Esq. 



T-v. Adidt aud half-grown. Zanzibar. From Lieut.-Col. Play- 

 fair's Collection, 

 y. Liijlit brown, ivith very broad irregular blade or brown cross 



bands. 



aa. Atlantic specimens : head and end of the tail black. 



<j)-\p, w-a'. Adult. St. Croix. Presented by Prof. Newton. 

 bb. Indian specimens : head dotted with black. 



b'. Type of H. polytcenia. Floris. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



c'. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 



h. Black, ivith brown cross bands ; a few scattered brown sjiots on 

 the body and tail and edge of the abdomen. 

 d'. Half-grown. Rio Janeiro. Collected by Dr. Cunningham. 

 e'. Half-grown. Amboyna. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. — Tyjje 



of Hippocampus melanospilus. 

 f. Half-grown. 



Hi2^pocampus deanei. Dumcril, Arch. Mus. x. 1858, p. 243, from 

 Sierra Leone, is perhaps not specifically distinct from JI. gitttidatus. 

 It is characterized thus: — D. 17. Snout as long as the postorbital 



