180 PKDICUI.ATI. 



( )n tlio other anatomical dotaila soo tlic ai'tiole in Ouv. i)- Val, I. c. and 

 in <>St(iu/ims, Vertjl, Anut. Fischc. 



D. 3 I 3 I 11-12. A. 9-11. C. 8. Ctcc. pylor. 2. 



Yert. 28-31 (igi). 



Teeth arranged in two alternate scries ; two or three teeth on 

 each side of the vomer ; humeral spine mth three points ; the mouth 

 behind the hyoid bone colourless. 



Coasts of Europe ; scarce beyond 60° N. lat. Cape Seas. 



a. Adult: stuffed. Frith of Forth. From Dr. rarncU's Collection. 

 h. Half-grown: skin. South Devonshire. From Mr. Yarrell's Col- 

 lection. 



c. Half-grown. South Wales. Presented by J. Stokes, Esq. 



d. Three feet long : stuffed. English Coast. 



e. Half-grown : in spirits. British Coast. 



f-k. Adult, half-grown, and young: skins and stuffed. British 

 Coast. 



I, m. Very large specimens : skeletons. 



II. Skull of a very large specimen. 



2. Lophius setigerus. 



Lophius setigerus, Wahl. Skrirt. af Natarh.'w. p. 214. tab. 3. figa. 5, (! ; 



Cuv. 8,~ Vol. xii. p. 383; Sch/c;/'. Faun. Japan. Paiss. p. 158. pi. 80; 



Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 203 ; Bleek. Verhand. Batac. Gettootsch. 



XXV., Japan, p. 46. 

 viviparus, Bl. Schn. p. 142. tab. 32. 



D. 3 I 3 I 8-9. A. 6-7. C. 8. Vert. 19. 



Teeth arranged in two alternate scries in the ujipcr jaw, in thre(! 

 in tho lower ; two or three teeth* on each side of the vomer ; hu- 

 meral spine terminating in three points ; the mouth behind the hyoid 

 bone pm-plish-black, with white spots. 



Coasts of China and Japan. 



a. Half-grown. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



f>-c. Young : bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



d-t. Half-grown and young : dried. From Chinese insect-boxes. 



The small number of vertebrae proves tho distinctness of this 

 species from the European L. piscatorius. The anterior vertebra; are 

 very short, the middle and posterior ones nearly e(]ual in length. 



3. Lophius budegassa. 



Lophius budegassa, Spinola in Ann. Mm. 1807, p. 37G ; liisso, Fur. 

 Merid. iii. p. 170 ; Bunap. Faun. Itul. Pesc. c. ng. 



piscatonvis, var. A., liisso, Ichth. Nice, p. 48. 



parvipinnis, Cuv. Regne Anim. 



piscatorius, var., Cza: ^ Val, xii. p. 372. 



D. 3 I 3 I 9. A. 9. C. 8 Vert. 27-30. 



Teeth arranged in two alternate series ; two or three teeth on 



