64 saUAMTPINNKS. 



1. Scorpis georgianus. 

 On: ^- Vul. viii. p. 503. pi. 'J40 



D.L A.. I.. 

 The soft dorsal and anal falcate, tho antorior rays being elevated. 

 Uniform brownish. 



King George's Sound. 

 a. Adult: skin: not good state. Australia. 



2. Scorpis chilensis. 

 Gay, Hist. Chil. Zool. ii. p. 220; Idiol lam. 6. f. 1. 



The posterior and inferior margins of the prseoperculum finely 

 serrated ; the dorsal and anal fins are not falcate, the rays becoming 

 gradually shorter posteriorly. Coloration uniform. {Gay.) 



Island of Juan Fernandez. 



3. Scorpis aequipinnis. 

 Richards. Voy. Ereh. S,- Ten: Fi-s/ies, p. 121. 



The lower margin only of the praeoperculum finely serrated. The 

 dorsal and anal fins are not falcate, the rays becoming gradually 

 shorter posteriorly. Coloration unifoi-m. 



Coasts of Australia. 



a. Adult : skin. Swan River. Voyage of H.M.S. Fly. 



b, c. Half-grown : skins. Port Jackson. Purchased of Mr. Gould. 



d. Half-grown: skin. Australia. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



e. Half-grown : skin. King George's Sound. — Type of the species. 



11. ATYPUS*. 



Body compressed, oblong ; snout rather short; cleft of the mouth 

 small, with the jaws equal. One dorsal with eleven spiue.s, the 

 anal with three ; the soft portions only enveloped in scales. Scales 

 rather small, ctenoid. Villiform teeth in the jaws and on the vomer ; 

 none on the palatine bones. Praeoperculum denticulated. Branchio- 

 stegals seven ; air-bladder bifurcate anteriorly and posteriorly ; 

 pyloric appendages in moderate number. 



Coasts of Australia. 



I. Atypus strigatus. 

 B. 7. I). ,-^6- A. ^f^. L. lat. 70-75. L. transv. JJ. Cacc. pylor. U. 



Body with five or six l)rown. parallel, longitudinal bands. 

 a. Adult: .skin. Swan River. Voyage of H.M.S. Fly. 



* From &Tviri)<. williou) any disliiicf nfllnity lo a typical form of a family. 



