2C)2 SCLEBODERMI. 



c. Adult. i\Iadagascar. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



d. Adult : skin. Ceylon. From Dr. Kelaart's Collection. 



c. Adult. East-Indian archipelap:o. From Dr. Blocker's Collection. 

 f-rf. Adult. Pacific. Voyage of H.M.8. ' Herald.' 

 h-k. Adult, half-grown, and young. Pacific. From Cook's voyage. 

 — Types of 0. meleagris. 



10. Ostracion renardi. 



Bleck. Act. Soc. Indo-Neerl. i Ainhoijna, p. G8 (not synon.) ; All. 

 Ichth. Ostrac. p. 41, pi. 2. fig. 0. 



Carapace four-ridged, without spines, forming a continuous bridge 

 across the back of the tail, llidgcs sharp. Back flat ; iuterorbital 

 space slightly concave. Back minutely punctulated with blue ; 

 sides and abdomen with bluish dark-edged ocelli. Two bluish lines 

 run from the eye, below the dorsal ridge, to the root of the tail ; a 

 bluish line crosses the forehead ; a horizontal bluish black-edged 

 band on the cheek along a cutaneous fold ; a similar vortical band 

 from the eye to the gill-opening. Tail with reticulated bluish lines ; 

 caudal fin with black dots. 



Amboyna and Coram ; Java. 



a. Type of the species, 4 inches long. Amboyna. From Dr. 



Blocker's Collection. 

 h. Four and a half inches long. Amboyna. Purchased of Hr. 



Frank. 

 c. Four and a half inches long. Java. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 



11. Ostracion solorensis. 



lileek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Lid. v. p. 90, and Atl. Iclith. Ostrac. p. 42, 

 pi. 2. fig. 1. 



Carapace four-ridged, wdthout spines, forming a continuous bridge 

 across the back of the tail, llidges sharp. Iuterorbital space and 

 back flat. Back minutely punctulated with blue. Sides of the 

 carapace and tail wdth bluish reticulated lines. Snout, side of the 

 head, and abdomen with small brown spots. Three or four undulated 

 bluisii lines run from the eye towards the end of the carapace. 

 Caudal fin with black dots. 



East-Indian archipelago. 



a. Adult, 4| inches long. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. 



Blocker's Collection. — One of the typical S2)ecimens. 

 h. Adult. Java. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 



c. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 



d. Half-grown. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



12. Ostracion ornatus. 



HoUard, Ann. Sc. Nat. 18o7, vii. p. 1G6. 

 Carajjacc four-ridged, without spines. A more or less pointed 

 protuberance in front df the dorsal fin, from which several raised 



