94 



Murccna pfeifferi, Bleekeu, Nat. Tyds. Ned. lud., v, 1853, 173; Verb. Bat. Geu., sxv, 



IHJJo, Murcen., 72. 

 Sklera pfvifferi, Kaup, Cat. Apod. Fish., 1656, 71. 

 Sldera pantheriva, Kaup, op. cit., 1856, 71. 

 Gymnothorax pantherinus, Bleeker, Ned. Tydscbr. Dieik., i, 1863, 152. 



Localitj^: Palmyra Island. The collection contains many specimens, 

 illustrating all tbe variations of color-markings of this variable species. 

 All tbe teeth, except the anterior mandibulary, are uniserial in their 

 arrangement. One specimen, six inches long, presents all the details of 

 coloration of Murcena polyophthalma, but difl'ers from it in its dentition. 



GALEORHINIDJ]. 



CARCHAEIAS MELANOPTERUS, Q. & G. [No. 19248J. 



Carcharias melanopier us, Qvoy & Gaimard, Voy. Uran. ZoiJl., 1824, 194, pi. 43, f. 1-2. — 

 RiJppELL, N. W. Fische, 1837, 63.— Gunther, Cat. Fish., viii, 1870, 369. 



Carcharias (Prionodon) melanopterus, Muller & Henle, 43, pi. 19, f. 5. — Bleeker, 

 Verh. Bat. Gen., xxiv, 1852, Flag., 33.— Dumeril, Elasmobr., 365. 



Carcharias {Prionace) melanopterus, Cantor, Mai. Fish., 400. 



Carcharias (Prionodon) Jienlei, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., iv, 1853,507. 



Ca:charias (Prionodon) brachyrhynchus, Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. ludo-Neerl., vi, 1859, 

 206.— Dumeril, Elasmobr., 364. 



Localities: Christmas and Washington Islands. Young and foetus. 

 Gray, with all the fins of the body tipped with black. 



IV. — Fishes from tlie Samoan Islands, collected hy A. B. Stein- 



lergcr. 



OSTEACIONTIDJ]]. 



OSTRACION PUNCTATUS, Bl. Schn. [No. 15130]. 



Ostracion poiniille, LACiiiPiiDE, Hist, des Poiss., i, 1798, 442, 445, pi. 21, f. 1. 



Ostracion punctatus, Bloch, Syst. Icbtb., ed. Scitn., 1801, 501. — Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, 

 Fish., 1842, 158.— Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., xi, 1856, 108; Atl. Icbtb., t, 

 1865, 39, pi. 202, Osirac, pi. 2, f. 4.— Hollard, Ann. Sc. Nat., vii, 1857, 167.— 

 GtJNTiiER, Cat. Fish., viii, 1870, 261.— Playfair & Gunther, Fish. Zanz., 

 1866, 130. 



Ostracion lentiginosus, Bloch, Syst. Icbth., ed. Schn., 1601, 501. 



Ostracion meleagris, Suaw, Gen. Zoiil., v, 1604, 428, pi. 172; Nat. Misc., 7, pi. 253. 



The entire body covered with small white spots, which are confluent 

 into undulating lines on the under surface of the body, and under the 

 eyes. 



