ARACANA. 267 



Ostracion etriatus, Shaw, Zool. v. p. 430. 



(Aracana) auritus, Gi'ay, Ind. Zool. c. fig. ; Bleek. Verh. Ak. 



Wet. Amsterd. 1855, Van Diemen's Land, p. 26; Hollard, Ann. 



So. Nat. 1857, vii. p. 143. 



(Aracana) lineata, Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 1838, p. 110. 



reevesii, Grai/, I.e. p. 111. 



fobinii, Done v. Nat. Rep. tab. GQ. 



spilogaster, Richards. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 27, and Trans. 



Zool. Soc. iii, p. 163, t. 10. f. 1 ; Hollard, I. c. p. 145 ; Meek. I. c. 



p. 27. 



Back without, abdomen with a crest. Spines : one above the 

 hind part of the orbit pointing backwards ; two on each side of the 

 back, rather close together ; one in the middle of the side ; two or 

 three on each side of the abdomen. Anterior profile of the snout 

 without hump. Head and body with longitudinal, more or less un- 

 dulated brown stripes, much narrower than the interspaces ; there 

 are four of them on each cheek. In old preserved examples the 

 ornamental colours disappear, the entire fish being of a more or less 

 uniform coloration. 



Tasmania ; South Australia. 



a. Type of the species : skin. From Cook's voyage. 



6. Adult (6 inches long) : skin. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. — 



Type of 0. reevesii. 

 c. Adult. Tasmania. 

 d-e. Half-grown : skins. Tasmania. 

 f-h. Young : skins. Tasmania. — Types of 0. lineatus. 

 i. Adult. Australia. Presented by J. B. Jukes, Esq. — Type of 0. 



spilogaster. 

 Tc. Adult : skin. Australia. Presented by G. F. Angas, Esq. 

 I. Half-grown. AustraUa. Presented by Sir John Richardson. 

 m. Several adult and half-grown examples : skins. 

 n. Young. 



4. Aracana oruata. 



Ostracion (Aracana) ornata. Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist. i. 1838, p. 110; 



Richards. Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 165, tab, 10. fig. 2 ; Hollard, Ann. 



So. Nat. 1857, vii. p. 142. 

 ( ) flavigaster, Gray, I. c. ; Richards. I. c, p. 164, tab. 11. 



fig. 1. 



Back without, abdomen with, a crest. Spines: one above the 

 middle of the orbit, nearly erect, pointing upwards and outwards ; 

 two on each side of the back ; one in the middle of the side ; two 

 on each side of the abdomen, the foremost being well developed, and 

 situated immediately behind the root of the pectoral. Snout of 

 adult examples with a more or less developed hump. Head and 

 body with numerous alternate brown and yellowish longitudinal 

 stripes, the brown ones being rather broader than the yellowish ; 

 there are about seven brown ones on each side of the head. The 

 brown stripes of the body are sometimes broken up into small spots 

 (0. ornatus). 



Tasmania ; Southern Australia. 



