220 SCLERCDERMI. 



a-b. Adult : skins, iu spirit. Africa. 



c. Adult : stuffed. Mixuritius. From Dr. .Tan\aer's Collection. 



d, e,f. Fine specimens. Amboyna. 



<j. Adult (7 inches) : skins. Sandwich Islands. Purchased of Mr. 

 Damon. 



11. Balistes conspicillum. 



Vaknt. figs. 142 & 408 ; Renard, i. tab. 15. fig. 88, ii. tab. 28. tig. 138 ; 



Jiui/sch, A)nb. tab. 9. fig. 3. 

 Balistes araericanus (? Gm. L. i. p. 1473); Lacep. i. p. 375, pi. IG. 



fig. 2. 

 conspicillum, Bl. ScJin. p. 4/4; Lc-<x. Voy. Coq. Zoo/, ii. p. 112, 



pi. 9. fig. 1 ; Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 344; Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Lid. 



lii. p. 780; Schlcf/. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 289, pi. 129. fig. 1 ; 



HuUard, Ann. fSc. Nat. 1854, i. p. 32G. 



bicolor, Shatc, Zool. v. pt. 2. p. 407. 



(Balistapus) conspicillum, Blcek. Atl. Ichth. BaJist. p. IIG, pi. 7. 



fig. 2 ; Kncr, Novara, Fisch. p. 400. 



D. 3 I 25-26. A. 21-22. L. lat. 46. 



Tail with two and a half series of conspicuous tubercles. About 

 twenty-nine scales in a transverse series running from the origin of 

 the dorsal fin to the vent. A patch of enlarged scales behind the 

 gill-opening. Dorsal and anal fins rather low ; caudnl fin subtrun- 

 cate. Ventral spine very short, moveable. Brownish black, with 

 very large round white spots on its lower half. Back between the 

 dorsal fins of a lighter coloration, the centre of each scale bci)ig 

 brown. A white band across the back of the snout, from one eye 

 to the other. Extremity of the snout white, and Avith a narrow 

 white ring. Caudal fin white, with a broad brown band across the 

 base, and with black margin. 



Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



«-/>. Adult : stuffed (12-13 inches long). 



c. Adult : stuffed. Japan. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 



d. Fine specimen. Formosa. From Consul Swinhoe's Colii^ctiun. 



12. Balistes viridescens. 



Baliste verdatre, Lacep. i. pp. 335, 378, pi. 16. fig. 3. 



Bahstes viridescens, Bl. Sck7i. p. 477 ; Eiipp. Atl. Fisch. p. 3C , Bleek. 



Nat. Tyds. Ned. Lid. vii. p. 375; Hullard, Ann. S'c. Nat. lf<')-i, i. 



p. 324. 

 (Pseudobalistes) viridescens, Blcek. Atl. L Jdh. Balist. p. 112, 



pi. 17. fig. 2. 



D. 3 I 24-25. A. 23. L. lat. 29. 



Tail with four and a half series of recurved spines. Snout 3caly 

 to the lips, without naked or tubercular spaces, with the exception 

 of the fold behind the angle of the mouth. About eighteen scdes in 

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

 the vent. A few small osseous scutes behind the gill-opening. 

 Dorsal and anal fins slightly elevated ; caudal fin sulitruncate or 

 rounded. Ventral spine short. Nearly uniform brownish, or 



