502 caeangida:. 



b. Adult. AmbojTia. Purchased of ^fr. Frank. 



c. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 (f. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



e. Half-grown. China Seas. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher, C.P 

 /. Hnlf-grown. China Seas. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher, C.li. 



9, Equula daura. 



Diieer knrah, Russell, i. p. 51. pi. Go. 



Equula daiu'a, Cxr. Rbi/ite Aitim. ; Cantor, Catal. p. 150. 



dacor, C><v. ^- Veil', x. p. 83 ; BlceL Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Mnkr. 



p. 81. 

 brevirostris, Bleeh. Butav. and Oost-Java Cnot Cur. t^ Val.) 



B.5. D.^. A.^. 



The height of the body is 2|-3 times in the total length, the lengtli 

 of the head4|. The upper profile is scarcely more concave than the 

 lower. Spines above the orbit very inconspiciious ; the lower proc- 

 opereular margin denticulated. The mandibula is veiy slightly con- 

 cave. The length of the second dorsal spine is one-half of the height 

 of the body. Scales veiy small, but conspicuous. A black blotch 

 in the spinous dorsal. 



East Indian Seas. 



a. Half-groAvn : skin. Malayan Peninsula. From F)r. Cantor's 

 Collection. 



10, Equula oblonga. 



Scomber eqmda, var., Forsl: p. 58. 



Equula oblonga, Cur. Sf Val. x. p. Ho: Bleek. J'er/i. Bat. (uu. xxiv. 



Makr. p. 84. 

 beibis, Cur. iS" Val. x. p. i<'). 



The height of the body is 3f^-4 in the total length, the length uf 

 the head -l-^— 1|. A pair of spines above the anterior margin of th(; 

 orbit. The mandibula is very sHghtly concave ; the lower pra^opcr- 

 cular margin serrated. Scales inconspicuous. The second dorsal 

 spine is shorter than one-half the height of the body. Dorsal fiu 

 without black ; back A\'ith irregular dark spots. 



Tied Sea ; Seas of .lava and Timor. 



1 1 . Equula lineolata. 



? Equula lineolata, Cur. c^ Val. \. p. 80. 



Equula lineolata, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Makr. p. 8;?. 



B.5. D.l A.ii, 



The height of the body is 3-31 in the total length, the lengtli of 

 the head 4=^-4]. A pair of spines aI)ove the anterior margin of tlio 

 orbit. The inandibula is very slightly concave ; the lower pra^opcr- 

 cnlar margin serrated. Scales inconspicuous. The second d<>rsal 



