138 TBIGLIDiE. 



3. Agriopus peruvianus. 



Agriopus peruvianus, Cuv. Sf Vctl. iv. p. 389 ; Gai/, Hid. Ckil Zool. 

 ii. p. 181, Icliol. lam. 2 his, f. 1 : Cuv. Reync Ani?n. III. Foiss. 

 pi. 25. f. 1. 



D.lZlL«. A. -L. 



13-12 8-9 



The height of the body is 3i in the total length. The fourth, fifth 

 and sixth dorsal spines are the longest, and shorter than the head. 

 A small spine before each orbit. Skin smooth. Largely marbled 

 with black. 



Coast of Chile. 



a. Adult. Chile. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



b. Adult : bad state. South America. From Mr. Bridge's Col- 



lection. 



c. Adult : dried. Chile. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. — (Cfr. Zool. 



Beagle, Fishes, p. 40, and Proc. Zool. 8oc. ii. 1832, p. 5.) 



d. Adult : stuffed. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



4. Agriopus verrucosus. 

 Cuv. ^ Veil. iv. p. 387. pi. 91. 



Skin rasp-like ; no spine before the eye. The third dorsal spine 

 is as long as the head, and three times longer than the last spine. 

 Yellowish-brown, marbled with darker ; no black blotch on the dor- 

 sal fin. 



Cape Seas. 



a, h. Adult : stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Sir 



A. Smith. 

 c-e. Half-grown : stufed. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Sii- 



A. Smith. 

 /. Half-grown. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



5. Agriopus spinifer, 



Agiiopus spinifer. Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. Pisces, pi. 3. 

 Cephalinus granulatus, Gronov. Syst. eel. Gray, p. IGl. 



J) 20-21 A 1 



Skin rasp-like. A prominent spine before each eye, and the proe- 

 orbital with three rough spines anteriorly. The fourth and fifth 

 dorsal spines are the. longest, shorter than the head. The spinous 

 dorsal with two black blotches. 



Cape Seas. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Si i A. Smith. 



— Type of the species. 



b. Adult : stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



