282 PUISTIPOMATID^. 



eye to the root of tail ; the dorsal fin ^vith two brown bands, one 

 along the base, the other along the upper margin of the spinous 

 portion. 



Japanese and Chinese Seas. 



a. Skin, in spirits. Japan. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



b. Adult: stuffed. Japan. 



c. Adult. China. 



d. Adult. China. 



e. Adult. India. From the Haslar Collection. 



/. Adult (has been dried). India. Presented by the Zoological 



Society. 

 g. Adult: skeleton: not good state. India. Presented by the 



Zoological Society. 



Skeleton. — This species has the same dentition of the jaws as 

 Th. trivittatus. The vomer has a prominent traiisverse ridge, but I 

 cannot find any teeth. The angle of the pra;operculum is as obtuse 

 as in Th. trivittatus, but the spinous teeth of the posterior limb and 

 of the angle are more numerous and more equal ; there are about 

 nine above the longest at the angle, more or less directed upwards ; 

 then follow several smaller ones ; and the greater part of the lower 

 Hmb shows a fine serrature. The other parts of the skeleton are 

 very much Like Th. trivittatus. 



13. Therapon quadrilineatus. 



Iloloccntrus quadrilineatus, Block, t. 238. f. 2. 



Therapon quadrilineatiis, Cuv. ^- Vol. iii. p. 134 ; Sleeker, Pere. p. 51 ; 



Richards. Ichth. China, p. 239. 

 xanthm'us, Cuv, Sf Val. iii. p. 135. 



^-WTo- ^'h L.lat.65. 



The height of the body is equal to the length of the head, and 

 one-fourth of the total. Snout as in Th. trivittatus. Prseoperciilum 

 serrated, ^vith stronger teeth at the angle ; operculum with two 

 moderate spines, nearly equal in length. Dorsal fin not very deeply 

 notched. Caudal truncated, with rounded angles. Greyish, with 

 four straight, brown, longitudinal bands ; the spinous portion of the 

 dorsal fin black-edged, and with a blackish spot between the third 

 and seventh spines ; caudal fin immaculate. 



Javanese and Chinese Seas. 



14. Therapon cuvieri. 



Pristipoma sexlineatum, Quoy 8f Gaim. Voy. Freyc. Potss. p. 320. 

 Pelates aexlineatus, quadrilineatus, et quinquelineatus, Cuv. 8f Val. iii. 



?. 140. pi. 55 ; Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 223 ; Cuv. Rigne Anim. 

 II. Poiss. pi. 12. f. 1. 

 Therapon cuvieri, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Nederl. Itidie, vi. p. 211. 



D. I?. A. ^. L. lat. 66. L. transv. 12/23. Ccec. pylor. 6. 



The height of the body is 3^ in the total length, the length of 



