252 SCLEUODEKMI. 



. Atlantic parts of Tropical America ; Indian Ocean and archipe- 

 lago ; Japan. 



a. Adult, 21 inches long : stuffed. Zanzibar. From Lieut.-Col. 



Playf air's Collection. 

 h. Half- grown : skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. — 



Type of A. obliteratus. 



c. Youi)g. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



d. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 



e. Young. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Blcekcr's Col- 



lection. — Type of A. macracantJws. 



f. Young. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Blcekcr's Col- 



lection. — Type of A. amphacanthoides. 

 (J. Half-grown : skin. China. Presented by J. 11. Ileevcs, Esq. 

 h. Adult : stuffed. Japan. Purchased of Hr. Frank, 

 i. Half-grown : skeleton. Purchased. 



36. Monacanthus convexifrons. 



Aluterus convexifrons, JloUard, Ah>i. Sc. Nat. 1855, iv. p. 10 

 D. 43. A. 47. 



Skin finely velvety. The depth of the body is two-fifths of the 

 total length (without caudal). Snout with the upper profile convex; 

 also the i)rofilc between the dorsal fins is curved. Dorsal spine above 

 the middle of the orbit. Caudal fin short and rounded. Ventral 

 spine none. Uniform brownish. (Hollard.) 



Hab. ? 



37. Monacanthus scriptns. 



Valcnt. iii. p. 508, fig. 523 : Henard, i. pi. 11. fig. GO ; Catesbt/, South 



Carol, ii. tab. 19. 

 Capriscus, sp., Klein, Pise. Miss. iii. p. 25. no. 10. 

 Batistes scriptus, Osbeck, It. i. p. 144. 

 Lija trompa, Parra, p. 46, lara. 22. fig. 1. 

 Balistes l.TOvis, Bl. Ausl. Fisch. ix. p. 82, tab. 414. 

 Balistes monocenjs, var. Itevis, HI. Schn. p. 463. 

 Alutarius Irevis, C'uv. Jik/ne An. ; Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 355 ; Bleek, 



Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Balist. p. 22 ; Hollard, Ann. Sc. Nat. 1855. 



iv. p. lo ; I)a>/, Fish. Malab. p. 259. 

 Balistes ornatus, Marion dc Proce, Bull. Philom; 1822, p. 131. 

 Aluteres pareva, Less. Voi/. Coq. Zool. p. 106. 

 Monacanthus proboscideus, Banzani, Nov, Comtn. Ac. Sc. Inst. Bonon. 



V. 1842, p. 8. 

 Aleuteres la3vis, Richards. Vot/. Snlph. Ichth. p. 131, pi. 61. fig. 3. 

 Aluterus venosus, IloUard, Aim. Sc. Nat. 1855, iv. p. 14, pi. 1. fig. 3. 

 Alutera picturata, Poei), Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1863, p. 183. 

 Aluteres scriptus, Bleek. Ned. Tyds. Dierk. iii. 1865, p. 28 ; Atl. Ichth. 



V. p. 141, pi. 227. fig. 4. 



D. 44-48. A. 47-52. 



Skin finely velvety. Body oblong, its depth being nearly equal to 

 the distance of the hind margin of the orbit from the extremity of 

 the snout, and ono-third, or somcwliat more oi- less than one-third, 

 fif Ihe total length (without cau<l;il). Snout iiroduccd. ivilh the I'/ipcr 



