228 SCLERODETlJri. 



Balistes ringens, Osbeck, Voy. Chin. ii. p. 93 (not Lmn. ) ; Bl. taf. 152. 



fig. 2 ; Bl. Schn. p. 472 : Lacep. i. p. 370, pi. 18. fig. 1 ; Richards. 



Voy. iSamar. Fish. p. 21, pi. 6. figs. 1—4 ; Hullard, Ann. Sc. Nat. 



1854, i. p. 317. 

 Baliste buuiva, Lacep. v. p. 669, pi. 21. fi^;. 1. 

 Balistes piceus, Puey, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Pliilad. 1863, p. 180, and 



Itepert. Fis.-nat. Cub. ii. p. 4.35. 

 Meliclitliys ringpus, Blrek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Neerl. \\. Sumatra, viii. 



p. 69, and Ail. Ichth. v. p. 108, pi. 220. fig. 1. 

 Balistes niger, Giinfh. in Fish. Zanz. p. 135, pi. 19. fig. 1. 



D. 3 I 31-33. A. 2S-3U. L. lat. 53. 



Tail with about eight raised, spiny lines. A patch of enlarged 

 osseous plates behind the gill-opening. Caudal lobes slightly pro- 

 duced in old examples. Entirely black ; a white line along the 

 base of the dorsal and anal fins ; caudal fin with a black intramar- 

 ginal line. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic ; Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



a-e. Adult and half-grown : skins and stuffed. Jamaica. Purchased 



of Mr. Parnell.^ 

 /. Half-grown. Jamaica. Purchased of ilr. Higgins. 

 g. Half-gro^vu. St. Croix. Purchased of ilr. Stevens. 

 h. Large fine specimen. St. Helena. Presented by J. C. Melliss, 



Esq. 

 i. Adult : stuffed. Zanzibar. From Lieut.-Col. Playfair's Collection. 

 k. Adult. China Seas. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 I. Half-grown : stuffed. Sandwich Islands. Purchased of Mr. 



Damon. 

 m-n. Adult : stuffed. 



3. Teeth brownish red; the Idferahippcr jyair much pi-cijectiny: Erytlirodon. 



26. Balistes erythrodon. 



Baliste noir, Lacep. i. pp. 378,380, pi. 15. fig. 2. 



Xenodon niger, Eiipp. N. W. Fische, p. 53, taf. 14. fig. 3 ; Blcek. 



Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. BaUst. p. 37 (not Munyo Park). 

 Erythrodon niger, RUpp. Verzeichn. Fisch. Senck. Mus, p. 34 ; Bleek. 



Ail. Lchth. Balist. p. 106, pi. 5. 

 Balistes niger, HoUard, Ann. Sc. Nat. 1854, i. p. 315. 



D. 3 1 35. A. 30. L. lat. 33. 



Osseous plates behind the gUl-opening. Dorsal and anal fins 

 elevated in front ; caudal lobes much produced. Indistinct raised 

 lines along the series of scales on the tail. Entirely black ; poste- 

 rior margin of the caudal whitish. 



Indian Ocean and archipelago. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Zanzibar. From Lieut.-Col. Playfair's Col- 

 lection. 



h. Adult : stiiffed. Mauritius. From Dr. Janvier's ColloctioTi. 



c. Adult. Ceram. Piu'chased of Mr. Stevens. 



