40. PLATTCEPHALUS. 177 



A. Species with two spines at the angle of the pr<soperculum. 

 1. Platycephalus insidiator. 



Cottus insidiator, Farsk. p. 25; L. Gm. i. p. 121-'^: Shaw,Zool. iv. p. 260. 



Callionymua indicus, L. Gm. i. p. 1153. 



Cottus spatula, Bl. taf. 424. 



Platycephalus insidiator, Bl. Schn. p. 59; Cuv. (§• Val. iv. p. 227; 



Riipp. N. W. Fisclw, p. 102 ; Bleek. Verh. But. Gcti. xxii. Sclerop. 



p. 6 ; Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 39. pi. 15. f. 1 ; Cant. Catal. n. 37. 



.spatula, Bl. Sclin. p. 59. 



Batrachus indicus, Bl. ochn. p. 43. 



Calliomorus indicus, Lacep. ii. p. 343. 



Cottus madao^ascariensis, Laccp. iii. p. 248. t. 11. f. 1, 2; Shatv, I.e. 



p. 261. pi. 37. 

 Russell, pi. 40. 



Colliomorus cliacca, Buch, Ham. pp. 133, 373. 

 Platycephalus endrachtensis, Qitoi/<i)- Gaitn. Vo)/. Firyc. Zool. p. 353; 



Cur. ^ Val. iv. p. 240. 

 chacca, Gray, Ind. Zool. ii. pi. f. 2. 



T). 1 1 6-7 I 13. A. 13. L. lat. ca. 120. Cjec. pylor. 8. 

 Vert. 12/15. 



The length of the head is 3| in the total, and its width between 

 the praDopercular spines 1| in its length; the distance between the 

 eyes is one-half the length of the snout. The upper surface of the 

 head is quite flat, the ridges being scarcely prominent. Two mode- 

 rate praeopercular spines, the upper rather shorter than the lower. 

 The length of the second dorsal spine is less than one-half of that of 

 the head. Lateral line smooth. The upper half of the caudal with 

 two oblique black bands, the lower with one or two. 



From the Red Sea to the coast of S. Africa, thi'ough all the Indian 

 Seas to N.W, Australia. 



a-c. Adult : stuffed. Ganges. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



d. Adult : stuffed. Calcutta. From the Collection of the East India 



Company. 



e. Adult. -Japan. 

 /. Adult. China. 



g, h. Half-grown. China. Presented by J. E. Reeves, Esq. 



i. Half-grown: veiy bad state. China. Presented by the E. I, 



Company. 

 k. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 Z. Half-grown. Ceylon. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 

 TO. Adult : skin. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 n. Adult : .stuffed. Moluccas. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 0. Half-grown. Amboyna. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's Collection. 

 2). Adult: stuffed. Cape York. Voyage of the ' Rattlesnake.' 

 q. Adult. West Australia. 

 r. Half-grown : very bad state. N. W. Australia. From the Haslar 



Collection. 

 s. Adult : stuffed. Red Sea. From the Frankfort Museum. 

 t. Adult : stuffed. Port Natal. 

 n. Adult: skin. Cape of Good Hope. Purchased of .Mr. Warwick. 



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