320 TEXTTHIDIDJE. 



lines. 



Length of the sixth dorsal spine 8 



of the third anal spine 7 J 



of the caudal fin 11 



of the outer ventral spine Sg 



The specimens are weU preserved, and the form of their body does 

 not appear to have been altered by stuffing. 



14. Teuthis hexagonata. 



Amphacanthus hcAagonatus, Bleek. Kokos, p. 41. 



The height of the body is nearly one-third of the total length. 

 Caudal fin deeply notched. Blue, with hexagonal golden dots stand- 

 ing densely together, covering the head, body, and the vertical fins. 



Java, Sumbawa, Kokos, and Feejee Islands. 



a. Adult. Eeejee Islands. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 



15. Teuthis guttata. 



Chaetodon guttatus, Block, tab. 196. 



Amphacanthus guttatus, Cuv. ^ Val. x. p. 136; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. 

 Genootsch. xxiii., Teufli. p. 10. 



The height of the body is two-fifths or one- third of the total 

 length. Caudal fiiLemarginate. Reddish : head clouded with red- 

 dish-grey ; body, caudal, and base of the dorsal and anal fins densely 

 spotted with reddish -brown. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



16. Teuthis stellata. 



Scarus stellatus, Forsk. p. 26. no. 10. 



Amphacanthus stellatus^/. Schn. p. 209; Bilpp. N. W. Fische, p. 129. 



punctatus, Bilpp. Atl. Fische, p. 46. pi. 11. fig. 2 (not 5/. Schn.'). 



nuchalis, Ctiv. 8f Val. x. p. 140. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length. Caudal 

 fin forked. Greyish, covered all over with small brown spots, which 

 are larger than the interspaces between them; a greenish-yellow 

 spot in front of the dorsal fin. 



Red Sea. Coast of Ceylon. 



»•, h. Adult : stuffed. Red Sea. From Dr. Riippell's Collection. 

 c. Adult : skin. Ceylon. From Dr. Kelaart's Collection, 



17. Teuthis notosticta. 



Amphacanthus notostictus, Richards. Ann. 8f Mag. Nat. Hist. 1853, xi. 

 p. 172. 



The height of the body is rath,er more than one-third of the total 

 length. Caudal fin subtruncated. Light brownish-olive (in a dried 



