15)0 SINGNATHID.K. 



Stigmatoplioia argus, Kaup, Lophohr. p. 'y-\. 



D. 49-52. Osseous rings 204-ca. 75. 



Snout very long, about twice as long as the remaining part of the 

 head. Operculum with a slight ridge in young examples, nearly 

 entirely disappearing in old. Vent below the middle of the dorsal 

 fin. Tail more than twice as long as the trunk ; egg-pouch shorter 

 than the trunk. Upper parts with numerous small black white- 

 edged ocelli, sometimes irregularly arranged, sometimes forming 

 longitudinal or transverse series. 



Australia. 



a. Adult female, type of the species. Australia. From the Haslar 



Collection. 

 6. Adult male. Australia. Purchased of Mr. Bowerbank. 

 c-d. Adult females. Tasmania. Presented by Dr. ]V[illigan. 

 e-l. Adult and half-grown. Port Jackson. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 

 m. Adult female. New Guinea. Presented by ]Mrs. Stanley. 



2. Stigmatophora nigra. 

 Stigmatophora nigra, Kaup, Lophobr. p. /).3. 



D. 39-40. Osseous rings 17-|-ca. 72. 



Snout very long, nearly twice as long as the remaining part oi 

 the head. Operculum with a distinct longitudinal ridge. Vent 

 below the posterior third of the dorsal fin. Tail more than twice as 

 long as the trunk ; egg-pouch extending over fourteen rings. Uppei' 

 parts uniform brownish (in spirits) ; abdomen with a brown cross 

 bar on each suture between the rings. 



Australia. 



a. Female, 4^ inches long. Australia. Purchased of Mr. Dalton. 



b. Female, 4 inches long. 



9. NEROPHIS*. 



Nematosoma, Eichwald (preoccupied) 



Scyphius, Risso. 



Nerophis, (Rajincsqup) Kanp. 



Body smooth, rounded, with scarcely any of the ridges distinct. 

 Pectoral fin none, caudal aljscnt or rudimentary, tail tapering into 

 a point. Dorsal fin of moderate length, opposite to tlie vent. Tin- 

 eggs are attached to the loose integument of the abdomen of tlie 

 male, and are not covered by lateral folds. 



Coasts of Kuro])e, Atlnntic ; (Bombay). 



* 1. Scyphius violacous, Riaao, ICur.. Merid. iii. p. 1S7. — " Corpore angusto, 

 siib))entagono, violacco ; rcstro brcvissimo, rotundato, altitudiiieiii 

 (corporis) suba^quantc." - D. 39. — Nice. 



2. aiinulatiis. Fi'isso, I. r. p. 188. — " C'orporr cylindricd. rotundato, 



liitco-vircscciue ; fauda brevi." — J). '10. -- Nici'. 



