296 GYMNOBONTES. 



6. Adult (12 inches). East-Indian arcbipclago. From Dr. Bleeker's 



Collection. 

 c~d. Adult: stuffed. India. 



e-f. Adult (22 and 13 inches) : stuffed. Australia. 

 g-i. Thirty inches long : stuffed. 



Var. j3. Sides of the abdomen with from two to six obhque black 

 spots, those nearest to the pectoral fin being the last to disappear. 

 k. Half-grown (8| inches). Madras. From Mr. Day's Collection. 

 Z. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 

 m-7i. Half-grown: stuffed. 

 0. Young (4^ inches). 



Var. y. Abdomen ivith oUlque hlnck hands. 



p-q. Young. Port Natal. From Mr. Ayres's Collection. 



r-s. Young : skins. Zanzibar. From Lieut.-Col. Playfair's Col- 

 lection. 



t. Five inches. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Blocker's Col- 

 lection. 



u. Young. Amboyna. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 



V. Very young. Amboyna. From Dr. Eleeker's Collection. — Type 

 of T. astrotienia. 



IV. Half-grown (G inches). Japan. 



a-. Half-grown. Feejee Islands. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 



40. Tetrodon retictilaris. 



Tetrodon testudineus, (not L.) Bl. Ami. Fisch. i. p. 123, tab. 189 ; 

 Lacep. 1. p. 477 ; Bl. Schi. p. 502 ; Shmc, Zoul. v. p. 444, pi. 178 ; 

 Cunt. Mai. Fish. p. 37G ; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Bluutk. p. 14, 

 or Nat. Tyds. Ned. lad. iii. p. 78. 



reticularis, Bl. Sehn. p. oOG. 



Arotbron testudiuarius, 3Iidl. Arch. Ntrg. ix. p. 330. ^ 

 Crayi-acion testudineus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Gijinnod. p. 71, pi. 8. fig. 3 ; 

 Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 257. 

 Very small spines cover the whole body from the nostrUs to the 

 root of the caudal fin ; those on the abdomen with two, three, or 

 four roots. Snout short and obtuse, about one-third of the length 

 of the head, and two-thirds of the width of the broad and fiat inter- 

 orbital space. Length of the caudal fin e(]ual to its distance from the 

 front margin of the dorsal. Abdomen with rather numerous brown 

 or black longitudinal bands, obliquely ascending over the cheeks to 

 the upper part of the head, and passing on the side into a brown 

 network, the meshes enclosing round whitish spots. On the back 

 the brown is the ground-colour, with round whitish spots. Caudal 

 fin with round yellowish spots, se])aratcd by a blackish network. 

 Vert. 8/10. 

 East-Indian Ocean and archipelago. 



«, h, c. Adult and joung. East-Indian archipelago. 

 d, e-f. Half-grown and young. Amboyna. 



