4. BALISTES. 219 



Ralistes liihpe, liichards. I. c. p. 127, pi. 60. fip^. 2. 



schmittii, Bleck. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. lialid. p. 37. 



(Balistapus) freuatus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Biilist. p. 114, pi. 223. 



fig. 2 ; Kncr, JSooura, Fisch. p. 400. 



D. 3 I 30-31. A. 27-28. L. lat. 54-64. 

 Each scale on the tail with a small and rather smooth tubercle. 

 About thirty-four scales in a transverse series ruiiuing from the 

 origin of the soft dorsal fin to the vent. Some enlarged osseous scutes 

 behind the gill-opening. Dorsal and anal fins rather low ; caudal 

 truncate. Uniform blackish brown ; a yellowish ring round the 

 lower jaw, at a short distance from the lip. A straight yellow stripe 

 runs from this ring towards the root of the pectoral, which it does 

 not reach ; it is sometimes absent. 

 Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



a. Adult. Zanzibar. From Lieut.-Col. Playfair's Collection. 



b. Adult : stuffed. Zanzibar. From Col. Playfair's Collection. 



c. Adult. Port Natal. Purchased of Mr. Th. Ayres. 



d. Adult : stuffed. Mauritius. From Dr. Janvier's Collection. 



e,f. Adult and half-grown. Mauritius. From the Collection of the 



Zoological Society. — Typos of the species. 

 g. Adult, IG inches long. India. Presented by Mr. Boileau. 

 h. Adult and half-grown. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 i. Adult and half-grown. Observatory Island (Bellona's). Presented 



by F. M. Rayner, Esq. 

 k: Adult. Gonzalez Island. Presented by Capt. Dow. 

 I. Half-grown: stuffed. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



10. Balistes bursa. 



Valent. figs. 377 & 403 ; Renard, i. tab. 1. fig. 7, ii. tab. 26. fig. 127; 



Ruysch, tab. 19. figs, o & 6. 

 Baliste bourse, Lacep. i. pp. 335, 375. 

 Balistes bursa, Bl. Schn. p. 470 ; Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Xed. lud. v. 



T). 350 ; Hollard, Ann. Sc. Not. 1854, i. p. 328. 

 Balistes (Balistapus) bursa, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Balist. p. 116, pi. 9. 

 fig. 3. 



D. 3 I 28-29. A. 25-27. L. lat. 50. 

 Each scale on the tail and posterior part of the trunk with some 

 spinous tubercles, which change into recurved spines posteriorly. 

 Tlic tubercles and spines form an elevated line along each scries of 

 scales. About tweuty-five scales in a transverse series running 

 from the origin of the soft dorsal fin to the vent. A patch of 

 enlarged osseous scutes behind the gill-opening. Dorsal and anal 

 fins not elevated ; caudal fin subtruncate. Ventral spine moveable. 

 Brownish olive, mth a fine yellowish line from the angle of the 

 mouth to the vent, where it fonns an edge to a black spot covering 

 the vent and ventral spine. Sometimes this line stops below the 

 pectoral fin. A vertical crescent-shaped black band across the 

 posterior margin of tlic orbit to the root of the pectoral fin ; another 

 similar band across the postbranchial region. 

 Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



