358 PRISTIPOMATIDiE. 



of the head 3f to 4 ; the diameter of the eye is a little less than 

 one-third of tlie latter. The prajorbital is only half as high as the 

 eye, and has a short spine and some denticulations beneath. Prae- 

 operculum with the angle rounded, slightly denticulated. The anal 

 spines strong, the second and third nearly equal ; caudalis scarcely 

 emarginate. Coloration uniform. 

 Japanese Sea. 



9. Scolopsis monogramiua. 



Scolopsides monogramma, (Kuhl S)- r. Hans.) Cuv. 8f Val. v. p. 338 ; 

 Cur. Signe Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 31. f. 3; Meek. Verh. Batav. Gen. 

 xxiii. Scicen. p. 29 (not synonymy). 



D. -. A. -. L. lat. 46. L. transv. 4/16. 



9 7 ' 



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

 head 4^ ; the diameter of the eye is nearly one-third of the length 

 of the head, and rather longer than the snout, or the distance between 

 the eyes. Praeorbital two-thirds as high as the eye, with a flat 

 strong spine and some denticulations beneath ; praeoperculum di- 

 stinctly serrated at the angle and at the posterior limb, which is 

 slightly emarginate. The spines of the fins moderate ; the third of 

 the anal fin a little longer than the second. Caudalis emarginate. 

 Coloration uniform (in spirits). 



Sea of Java ; Molucca Sea. 



a. Adult. Moluccas. 



b. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



10. Scolopsis phaeops. 

 Scolopsides phaeops, Bennett, Proc. Committ, Zool. Soc. i. p. 165. 



D. -. A. |. L. lat. 44. L. transv. 5/17. 



9 7 ' 



The height of the body is three times in the total length (without 

 caudal fin), the length of the head 3i ; the snout is rather longer 

 than the diameter of the eye, which is 3f in the length of the head. 

 The praeorbital is in the middle half as wide as the orbit, and anned 

 with a flat strong spine and seyeral spinous teeth ; pneoperculum 

 with strong spinous teeth, and with a notch above the projecting 

 angle. Caudalis deeply forked, with both lobes produced into fila- 

 ments. A silvery streak from the muzzle across the praeorbital to 

 the eye ; another from the praeorbital spine to the angle of the prae- 

 operculum. A hght yellowish longitudinal band from over the eye, 

 above and parallel to the lateral line, to the end of the dorsal. 



Isle de France. 



a. Fine specimen. Isle de France. From the Collection of the 

 Zoological Society. — Type of the species. 



Description of the specimen. — This species is rather elongated, the 

 greatest depth of the body being one-third of the totid length (wnthout 

 caudal fin). The head is rather broad and flat above, covered with 

 scales nearly to the nostrils ; all the snout is scaleless. The distance 

 between the eyes is more than the width of the orbit or the extent 



