1. TEUTHIS. JU9 



h-l, m, n, 0. Adult, half-growTi, and young. China. 



p, q. Adult: skins. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



r. Fine specimen. Philippine Islands. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 



s, t. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



u, V. Half-grown : stuffed. 



w. Adult : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



X. Half-grown : skeleton : bad state. Amoy. 



The stomach is rather small, angularly bent ; there are five pyloric 

 appendages ; the intestine is twice and a half as long as the entire 

 fish, and makes several circumvolutions. The openings for the uro- 

 genital organs are separated from, and situated behind, the vent. 

 A large portion of the abdominal cavity is between the muscles of 

 the tail, and supported by the first interha?mal spine, which is bent 

 forwards ; the ovaria or testicles, and, between them, the elongate 

 urinary bladder, lie immediately in the concaA-ity of that sjjinc. The 

 air-bladder is simple, slightly forked anteriorly and posteriorly, with 

 the membranes thick, and fiiTnly attached to the dorsal side of the 

 abdominal ca\'ity ; it receives the base of the interha^mal spine in 

 its posterior notch : the ureters are bent downwards round the left 

 lobe of the air-bladder, nm for some distance on the left-hand side 

 of the interhaemal spine, and finally, having entered the abdominal 

 cavity, pass into the urinary bladder. 



Vertebra 10/13. 



13. Teuthis striolata. 



The height of the body is one-third, or less than one- third, of the 

 total length. Back and sides brownish-red, with numerous vermi- 

 culated blue lines ; belly bluish ; the soft portions of the fins imma- 

 culate. 



New Hebrides. 



a, h. Stuffed. Aneiteum. From Mr. Macgillivray's Collection. 



Description. — -This species is similar to T. vcrmiculata, but con- 

 siderably more elongate ; the soft portion of the cheek, betweeti 

 orbit, praeopercular limbs, and snout, is not high(>r than the orbit, 

 and nearly twice as long as high. The length of the head is nearly 

 one-fifth of the total, that of the caudal fin one-sixth. There arc 

 twelve teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaws. Anterior 

 edge of the orbit scarcely denticulated. D. 13/10. A. 7/9. C. 17. 

 P. 18. V. 1/3/1. The spines of the fins are of moderate length and 

 strength. Caudal fin truncated when stretched out. The spinous 

 portions of the fins are brown, each spine having som;: blue spots ; 

 the membranes of the soft portions arc transparent, immaculate ; 

 the rays of the dorsal and anal show some indistinct brownish dots , 

 base of the pectoral dark-coloured. 



lines. 



Total length 68 



Height of the body 21 



Length of the head 14 



