40t» SCOMBUII) h. 



Dorade, Marcip: p. 180; L'yi((it,V<>i/<i!/(', p- 21 (taulty figure) ; Roche- 

 fort, Hid. Nat. Antilles, p. 170; bikertrv, Hist. Nut. Aittill. pp. 212, 

 295. iig. 



Renard, i. 22, 12-3. 



Piscis aiirantius, Hcniand. Nicremh. Hist. Nat. Perec/v. p. 255. 



Uolpliiu, Dauphin, Lchnin, Voi/at/e, ii. p. 325. pi. 189; Duhamel,Peches, 

 sect. iv. pi 1. f. 1; Gaettunl, Nouv. Obserc. sur les Sc. et Arts. iv. 

 p. 437 ; Dumpier, Voy. New Holland, i. pi. 2. f. 7. 



B. Adult state. 



Hippuius, Rondel, viii. c. 19. p. 255 ; Gesner, pp. 423, 501 : Aldrov. 



ill. c. 17. p. 30G; Jonston, i. tit. 1. cap. 1. art. G. tab. 1. f. 12; Wil- 



lufjhby, p. 213. pi. O. 1. f. 5 ; Ray, Syn. p. 100. 

 Coryphajua, uo. 1, Artedi, Genera, p. 15 ; Brown, Jamaica, p. 443. 

 hippurus, L. Si/sf. p. 44G ; Osheck, Reise tiach China, p. 403 ; 



Bl. tab. 174 ; Bl. ^Schn. p. 295 ; Lacep. iii. pp. 173, 178 ; Shaw, Zool. 



iv. p. 212. pi. 32. f. 1 ; Mitch. Trans. Lit. i^'_ Phil. Soc. New York, i. 



p. 378; Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 178, and Hist. Nat. Eur. 3Ierid. iii. 



p. 339 ; Cur. ^- Val. ix. p. 278. pi. 2GG ; Guichen, Explor. Sc. Alyer. 



Poiss. p. 63; Lotce, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 183, iii. p. G, aud Proc. 



Zool. Soc. 18-39, p. 80; Bonap. Faun. Pal. Pesci, cum fig. (juv.). 



cbrvsurus, Lacep. ii. pi. 18. f. 2; Cur. 8f Val. ix. p. 309. 



dorado, Cur. Sf Val. ix. p. 303 ; Cur. Regne Anim. PI. Poiss. 



pi. G5. f. 1. 



dolfyn, Cur. S,- Val. ix. p. 305. 



virgata, Cur. i^- Val ix. p. 308. 



japonica, Schley. Faun. Jupon. Poiss. p. 120. pi. G4. 



argyrurus, Cwv. Sf Val. ix. p. 314. 



C. Immature state. 



? Coryphrena iininaculata, Spix, Pise. Bra.^. p. 111. tab. 5G. 

 Lampugus pelagicus, Cur. i^' Val. ix. p. 318. 

 ? Lampugus irauiaculatuSj Cuv. S{ Val. ix. p. 329. 



B. 7. D. 58-60. A. 25-27. Vert. 31. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is one- 

 fifth of the total (without caudal). The maxillary reaches nearly 

 to the vertical from the centre of the eye. The origin of the anal 

 falls vertically below the middle of the total length (wUliout caudal), 

 or below the thirty-sixth dorsal ray. Specimens preserved in spirit, 

 or dried, exhibit blackish spots on the Avhite ground-colour of the 

 lower parts. 



Mediterranean ; Atlantic ; Indian Ocean ; Pacific. 



a. Three feet long : skin. Ca])c Seas, Presented by Sir A. Smith. 

 h. Fifty inches long : skin : not good state. Cape Seas. Presented 

 by Sir A. Smith. 



c. Five feet long : stuffed, lie de France. 



d. Forty-four inches long : stufi'ed. Purchased of Mr. Jonston. 



e. Thirty-four inches long : stufled : not good state. From the Col- 



lection of the Zoological Society, 



/. Thirty-three inches long : stufl'ecf. Presented by C. Ihiwdon. Fsq. 



(J. Twenty-four inches long : stufted. Madeira. From the Collec- 

 tion of the Pev. II. T. Low<\ 



h. Seventeen inches long. 



