216 SCLERODERMI. 



examples with some irregular oblique black lines following the seiies 

 of the scales. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic, especially in the American parts ; 

 rare in the East Indies. 



a-b. Half-grown. Bahia, From Dr. Wucherer's Collection. 



c. Half -grown : stuffed. Bahia. 



d-e. Adult and half-grown. St. Croix. Purcliased of Mr. Stevens. 



f-i. Adult and young : skins. Jamaica. 



k-l. Adult (IG inches long, without caudal filament). West Indies. 



ni-n. Half-grown : skins. West Indies. 



o-p. Adult : skins. Cape of Good Hope. 



q. Adult. Amboyna. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's Collection. 



r. Half-grown : skin. India. Presented by G. R. Waterhouse, 



Esq. 

 s-tu. Adult (18 inches long, without caudal filament) and half- grown : 



stuffed. 

 x-z. Young. 



a. Half-grown: skin. From Gronow's Collection. 

 /3. Adult: skeleton. Purchased. 



5. Balistes forcipatus. 



Stip-visch, Nieuhof, Braz. Lant- en Zee-R. ii. p. 275 (c. fig. bona) ; 



Willughby, Append, p. 21, tab. J. 22. 

 Balistes forcipatus, Gm. L. i. p. 1472 ; HoUard, Ann. Sc. Nat. i. 1854, 



p. 307. 



punctatus, Got. L. I. c. 



ciharis, Bl. Schn. p. 471. 



D. 3 I 28. A. 25. L. lat. 60. 



Tail with scarcely a trace of minute tubercles. Forty-three scales 

 in a transverse series running from the origin of the soft dorsal fin 

 to the vent. A patch of enlarged osseous plates behind the gill- 

 opening. About four of the anterior dorsal rays are produced into 

 long filaments ; and also the upper and lower caudal lobes are pro- 

 duced. Side of the head with curved blue lines, which are more or 

 less broken up into series of spots. Bluish lines radiate also from tlie 

 eye. Body and dorsal and anal fins with numerous small blackish- 

 brown spots. A large patch, without spots, on the side of the trunk 

 behind the gill-opening. 



Tropical and subtropical parts of the Atlantic. 



a. Fine specimen, 17 inches long. Cape Verde Islands. Presented 



by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 

 h. Adult : skin. Fernando Po. Purchased, 



c. Adult. West Africa. Purchased of Mr. Dalton. 



d. Adult : skeleton. Cape Verde Islands. Presented by the Rev. 



R. T. Lowe. 



6. Balistes vidua. 

 Remrd, i. pi. 17. lig. 9(3. 



