I. (uiisir-s. 22i> 



20. Baiistes verrucosus. 



Valent. \\<^. 17.*?; h'ciiirni, ii. tab. .'54. lig. 1;">7 ; Hm/scli, Aiiih. tal). 1 ). 



fijr. 14; Scha, iii. 1. iM. f. 17. 

 ? P>,ali.'^ti\«i vi'iTuci'^u-:, //. Sj/st. Nat. i. p. 40"). 

 l{,'ilisti> praliii, I.iicrp. i. p. .')()'). 

 Balistos viridis, HI. Vrlni. p. 47(>. 



vciTUCDSiis, 7)7. <SV////. p. 4<)."). 



imiinai'ulatus, ^/lair, Zool. v. ])t. 2. p. 410. 



prasliiii'iisis, (^ikd/Cs- (uthn. Voi/. T'l-aii. '/ool.\>. 205, pi. 40. fip'. 1. 



praMliiioides, /".<.>.■>•. Voy. Voq. Zool. ii. p. 1 17, pi. 0. fi^-. .'}. 



iiii'laiKiplt'ura, lilicl,. Verh. Bat. Ufii. x.xiv. liidist. p. 14. 



praslonsis, lloUard. Ann. A'c Nut. 1^54, i. p. .■5.S2. 



( l>alistapu8) vornicosu,'), JilcrJ.-. Atl. Irhth. linlid. p. 120, pi. 2. 



fi^f. 2 ; K)ur, JViivani, Fisr/t. p. JJUO. 



0. 3|24-2(;. A. 21, ].. lat. 43. 



Tail with two and a half, thrco, or tlircc and a half series of I'o- 

 <-urved sj)iiU'S. Twenty-four scales in a transverse series running- 

 from the orii;in of the dorsal liu to tin; vent, A ])atch of larye 

 osseous i)hites behind the gill-ojjening. Dorsal and anal hus rather 

 low, with rounded j)rottle ; margin of caudal fin shghtly rounded. 

 Ventral spine movealilc. yl rcrif hiiyc hlach blotrJi on Ihc snlc, hihnu 

 fin; lateral line. An indistinct light longitudinal band above it, com- 

 nicneing from the gill-opening. A black band across the forehead, 

 and vertically descending to the root of the i)ectoral fin ; it is accom- 

 panied by four blue lines above the eye and by three below it, A 

 triangular (whitish) spot behind the angle of the mouth, tapo-ing 

 into a line which dlAddes the dark colour of the upjicr.sidc of the 

 head from the light colour of the lower parts. Hoots of the caudal 

 spines black. Fins immaculate, 



Indian Ocean and archipelago ; New Ireland. 



(I. Adult (0 inches) : stuffed. ]\[anritius. From Dr. Janvier's 



Collection, 

 h. Adult : skin. Sumatra. From Mungo Park's Collection. 

 c-d. Adult and young. Amboyna. 

 e. Half-grown. Celebes. 



/. Young. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 

 {/, h-i. Adult. 

 'k. Adult: stuffed. 

 I. Adult : skeleton. Amboyna. Puixhased of Hv. Frank. 



21, Baiistes rectangiilus. 



Balistc ^charp«!, Lncpp. i. pp. ^'^^^, 352, pi. IG. fig. 1. 



Baiistes nctanguhis, J>l. Schn. p. 465; (ii'infh. in FIaIi. Ziuiz. p. 1.31. 



— medinilla, Quoi/ cS' Oaini. J'oj/. Fran. i'o('.s>\ pi. 4(). tig. 2. 



crythroptoron, Lcs.f. T^oy. Coti. Zonl. ii. p. 12.'), pi. 10. Hl:'. •). 



cinctus, Blcek. Act. Soc. Sr. hu/o-Nnrl. ii. A/iiLnin/i. \ iii. ]). HO ; 



HoUard, Ann. Sc. Naf. 1 8.") I, i. j). •■!■')■"). 

 (Bahstapus) cinctus, Jileck. Xid. Ti/(/s. Dirrk. ui. p. -JJ. niu! 



Atl. Irhf/i. V. p. 1 10, pi. 228. iio-. 1. 



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