I'l.AI I-ISIllCS (HKTHKOSOMATA) 



3. BOTHUS MELLISSI, Norman, 



Khomboidichlhys sp.. Melliss, 1875, St. Helena, p. luy. 



Platophrvs ptnlas {non Delaroche), Cunningham, 1910, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. im. 



B()/;iiis mdlissi, Norman, 1031, .-^nn. -Mag. Nat. Hist., (10), vin, p. 5o<i. 



Close to B. podas. Depth of body i\ to nearly if in the length, length of head 

 il to 4 J. Upper profile of head steeply sloping in front of eyes in the male, but less 

 vertical than in B. podas. Diameter of eye 4 to 43 in length of head ; interorbital 

 width 1 1 to 2 J times (mature q) or i J to i3 times (mature '4.) diameter of eye ; anterior 

 edge of upper eye above posterior edge or hinder part of lower. Maxillary extending 

 to below anterior edge or anterior part of eye, length 3 j to 4 in head, o or 10 gill-rakers 

 on lower part of anterior arch. 86 to go scales in lateral Imc Width of curve of 

 lateral line 4* to 5^ times in straight part. Dorsal nj-iiS. .\nal 70-73 Pectoral of 

 ocular side with 11 or 12 rays. \'ertebrae 10 + 30. 



lYPE.— British Museum (Nat. Hist ). Reg. No. 67. 10. 8. 54. 



Distribution. — St. Helena and .\scension Islands. 



Specimens Ex.^mined : 



4 (182-225 mm.). Holotype and St. Helena. Melliss. 



para types.' 



7 (158-215 ,, ). Paratypcs. ,, Cunnmgh, 



I (220 mm.), skeleton. ,, 



I (2IU ,, ). Paratype. Ascension. McCloy. 



4. BOTHUS LUNATUS (r.inna"us), 



[Peacock Floumii.r.! 



FUuronectes lunatus, Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 269 ; 17OO, ed. 12, p. 45'j 

 I'Uuronecles argus, Bloch, 1783, N'aturgesch. Fische Deutsch., ii, p. 51, pi. xlvui. 

 ? ? PUufonectes surinamensis, Schneider, 1801, in Bloch, Syst. Ichth., p. 150. 



The holotype is a $, 225 1 



