4. nAi-TSTEs. 225 



2(). Balistes verrucosus. 



Valent. fig. 173; Henard, ii. tab. 34. fig. 157 ; Itm/sch, Ami. tali. 14. 



fig. 14; Scba, III. t. 24. f. 17. 

 ? Bali.'ites verrucosus, L. Si/sf. Nat. i. p. 405. 

 Baliste pralin, Lacip. i. p. 3(53. 

 Balistes viridis, Bl. Schn. p. 476. 



veri'ucosus, HI. Sc/tn. p. 405. 



uuimaculatus, tS/iair, Znol. v. pt. 2. p. 410. 



praslineusis, Qiiai/^- Gaim. Voy. Uran. Zool.^. 205, pi. 40. fig. 1. 



pra.slinoidos, Less. Voy. Coq. Zonl. ii. p. 117, pi. 9. fig. 3. 



melanopleura, Bleck. Verk. Bat. Ge?). xxiv. Balist. p. 14. 



praslensis, Jlollard, Ann. Sc. Nat. 1854, i. p. 332. 



(Balistapus) verrucosus, Bleek. All. Ichth. Balist. p. 120, pi. 2. 



fig. 2 ; Kner, Novara, Fisch. p. 399. 



D. 3 I 24-26. A. 21. L. lat. 43. 



Tail with two and a half, three, or three and a half series of re- 

 curved spines. Twenty-four scales in a transverse series running 

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

 osseous plates behind the gill-opening. Dorsal and anal fins rather 

 low, with rounded profile ; margin of caudal fin shghtly rounded. 

 Ventral spine moveable. A verji large Had- blotch on tlie side, helow 

 the lateral line. An indistinct light longitudinal band above it, com- 

 mencing from the giU-opening. A black baud across the forehead, 

 and vertically descending to the root of the pectoral fin ; it is accom- 

 panied by four blue lines above the eye and by three below it. A 

 triangular (whitish) spot behind the angle of the mouth, tapering 

 into a line which divides the dark colour of the upperside of the 

 hc;id from the light colour of the lower parts. Roots of the caudal 

 spines black. Fins immaculate. 



Indian Ocean and archipelago ; New Ireland. 



a. Adult (9 inches) : stuffed. Mauritius. From Dr. Janvier's 



Collection. 



b. Adult : skin. Sumatra. From Mungo Park's Collection. 

 c-<l. Adult and young. Amboyna. 



e. Half-grown. Celebes. 



/. Young. PhiHppine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



fj, h-i. Adult. 



k: Adult: stuffed. 



I. Adult : skeleton. Amboyna. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 



21. Balistes rectangulus. 



Baliste ^charpe, Lnc^p. i. pp. 333, 3.52, pi. 10. fig. 1. 



Balistes rectangulus, Bl. ScJin. p. 465; Giadh. in Fish. Zanz. p. 134. 



modiuilla, Qiwy S)- Gaim. Voy. Uran. Poiss. pi. 46. fig. 2. 



erythropteron, ZcM. V'oy. Coq. Zal. ii. p. 123, pi. 10. fig. 3. 



ciiictus, Blcck. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Kccrl. ii. Amboina, viii. p. 00 ; 



IloUard, Ann. Sc. Nat. 1854, i. p. 335. 

 (Balistapus) ciiiotus, Bleek. Ned. Ti/ds. Dierk. iii. p. 24, and 



Atl. Ichth. V. p. 119, pi. 228. fig. 1. 



1). '.\ I 23. A. 20-21. L. Int. 42. 



