188 PEDICTJLATI. 



spine 18 less than one-third of the height of the body. The brown 

 spots are blackish-brown, with black dots ; black dots on the lower 

 parts of the body. White spots scattered, smaller than the eye. The 

 bands on the dorsal oblique, on the caudal transverse, and on the 

 anal longitudinal and irregular. 



From the Eastern coasts of Africa through the East Indies to 

 Polynesia. 



a. Adult. Madagascar. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



b. Adult : skin. From the Collection of the East India Company. 



Var. f . 



Skin minutely granulated. The third dorsal spine one-third of the 

 height of the body. The white spots scattered and small. A .round 

 brown spot between the base of the eighth and tenth dorsal rays. 



Atlantic. 



a. Adult. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



b. Adult. Atlantic. From the Haslar Collection. 



2. Antennarius barbatulus. 

 Chironectesharh&iuluSjET/d.Si' Soul. Voy. Bonite, Poiss.Tp. 184. pl.G.f. 1. 

 D. 3 I 12. A. 7. P. 10. 

 The anterior dorsal spine is as long as, and placed at the base 

 of, the second, slightly swollen at its extremity ; the second and 

 third bear short cutaneous fringes on their anterior side. Skin 

 scarcely granular, with some tentacles on the lower side of the head. 

 The dorsal and anal fins are somewhat elevated, and their last rays 

 appear to extend beyond the root of the caudal, if laid backwards. 

 Rose-coloured, slightly marbled with yellowish. (Eyd. 6f Soul.) 

 Hah. ? 



3. Antennarius histrio. 



Lophius, Brown, Jamaica, p. 457. no. 1 ; Gronov. Zoophyl. no, 210. 



Ciuaper\'a, Marafr. p. 150. 



Lophius histrio, X. Syst. i. p. 493 ; Bl. taf. Ill ; Bl Schn. p. 142 (not 



var.). 



striatus, Shaw, Nat. Misc. v. pi. 175, and Zovl. v. p. 385. 



Chironectes scaber, Cui\ Mem. Mm. iii. p. 425. pi. 16. tig. 2 ; Cuv. ^ 



Val. xii. p. 412; Cuv. JR(>yne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 85. tig. 1. 



histrio, Poey, Mem. Cub. p. 217. 



Lophius spectnun, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. i9. 



D. 3 I 12. A. 7. P. 9-10. 

 The anterior dorsal spine is as long as the second, and provided 

 with two long and thick cutaneous flaps at its top. Tho third dorsal 

 spine is not continuoiis with the soft dorsal. The soft dorsal fin 

 terminates at some distance from the caudal, and its last ray does 

 not extend to the root of the caudal, if laid backwards. Dorsal sj)incs, 

 head, back, and sides of the body with more or less numerous cuta- 

 neous fringes, those of the dorsal ,s])incH sonKitimes forming a dense 

 cluster. Skin very rough, covered with small sjnnes. C round-colour 



