360 PKISTIPOMATID^. 



inches, lines. 



Total length 9 11 



Length from the snout to the root of the 



caudal 7 4 



Height of the body 2 5 



Length of the head 2 3 



Diameter of the eye 7| 



Length of the fourth dorsal spine 10 



of the seventh dorsal ray 1 1| 



of the upper caudal lobe 2 7 



of the third anal spine 9 



of tho ^t anal ray 1 



of the pectoral fin 1 8 



of the ventral fin 1 6 



of a large scale 2| 



Height of a large scale 3| 



11. Scolopsis temporalis. 



Scolop§ides temporalis, Cuv. i5|- i''al. v. p. 341. 



D. ii. A. J. L. lat. 47. L. transv. 6/17. 



The snout is as long as the diameter of the eye ; the praeorbital 

 tWo-thirds as high as the eye, with a flat spine and some denticula- 

 tions beneath ; the praeoperculum with the posterior hmb oblique 

 and coarsely denticulated, and with the angle projecting backwards. 

 The spines of the fins rather slender ; the second anal spine shorter 

 and not thicker than the third. Caudalis deeply forked, with the 

 lobes produced into filaments, the upper being the longest. The first 

 ray of the ventrals produced into a short filament. Upper part of the 

 head, between the scaly crown and the tip of the snout, violet, with 

 three cross-bands of yellowish colour (in a dried state) ; the upper 

 band continued behind the eye, and forming there a violet ring with 

 yellowish centre. Body and fins imiform. 



Seas of Waigiou, Yanicolo, and New Guinea ; Louisiade Archipelago. 



a, h. Adult : stuffed. Louisiade Archipelago (in 15 fathoms). Voy- 

 age of the llattlesnake. 



12. Scolopsis personatus. 

 C'Mt". 8f Vol. V. p. 344 ; Bleek. Sumatra, i. p. 576. 



D. ^. A.|. L. lat. 50. 



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

 head four times ; the diameter of the eye is 3i in the latter. The 

 pi-aiorbital is half as wide as the eye, and denticulated beneath the 

 spine ; the snout is scarcely longer than the (htuncter of the eye. 

 I'ra?opcrculum with the angle roimdcd, and tlie posterior limb slightly 

 cmarginate, strongly denticulated. The tbird anal spine longest. 



