42U SVAUID.K. 



2. Box salpa. 



2<iX7Tr;, Ari.st: iv. c. 8, v. c. 9, 10, vi. c. 17, viii. c. 2, 13, ix. c. 37 ; 



JElian, ix. c. 7. p. 51G; Oppimi, i. p. (>; Athen. vii. p. 320. 

 Salpa, Ovid. Hal. v. 121 ; Plin. ix. c. 57 ; Ih-Ilon. pp. 187, IHO; J2w!r?. 



V. c. 23. p. 154; GesHcr, pp. 832, 979: ^iW;«r. ii. Q. 21. p. 189; 



Wilhujhhy, p. 310 ; i?«y, p. 134. 

 Spams, no. 15, Artidi, Gvn. p. 38. 

 salpa, Linn. Sijst. Nat. i. p. 470 ; Briinn. Pise. 3fass. p. 4(5 ; 



L. Gm. p. 1275 ; Block, taf. 265 (not pood) ; Bl. Schn. p. 270 ; 



Lacep. iv. pp. 97, 101 ; Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 243. 

 Cynfcdus, Gronov. Zoojyhi/l. no. 21G. 



Box salpa, C?a-. <!i- rrt/.vi.'p.357. pi. 162; Webb i<f Berth. I. c. ^Gidrh.l.c. 

 C'ynpcdus onias, Gronov. Si/st. cd. Gray, p. 55. 



!)• 77- ^•rrn- L. lat. 73. L. transv. 5/14. Cicc. i)ylor. 4. 



15 14-15 * •' 



Vert. 10/14. 

 Body rather compressed ; caudalis forked. Greenish, with orangc- 

 coloiired longitudinal bands ; a black spot in and above tlic axil. 

 Mediterranean; Canary Islands ; Cape Seas? 



'I. Adult : skin : not good state. Mediterranean. From the Collection 



of the Zoological Society. 

 h. young. Malta. From the Haslar Collection. 



c. Adult. Sicily. I'resented by W. Swainson, Esq. 



d. 13" long. Madeira. From the Haslar Collection. 



e. Adult : stuffed. Capo Seas. Purchased of Sir A. Smitli. — Axil 



wdth a black spot ; therefore not identical with B. f/oreensls. 



f. Adult : bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



g. Adult : bad state. 

 )j. Adult: stuffed. 



i. Adult : skin. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



k. Half-gro\ra. 



I. Half-grown : stuffed : bad state. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



m. Large specimen : skeleton. Lanzarote. From the Rev. R. T. 



Lowe's Collection. 

 n. Intestines of specimen m. 

 0. Half-grown : skin. From Gronov's Collection. 



A description of the anatomy of the soft parts has been given by 

 Valenciennes, to which I may add, that the pyloric appendages are 

 very elongate. 



Skeleton. — The occipital crest and the two lateral crests are rather 

 feeble and moderately elevated ; the former slightly extends on the 

 frontal bones, and the latter emit a flat free process posteriorly. The 

 upper surface of th(! frontal bones is slightly convex and roughened 

 by irregular small ridges and holes ; there is no central longitudinal 

 grcjove. The upper portion of the skull is broad, and therefore the 

 turbinal bones are remote from each other ; they are transformed into 

 curved tubes. The intermaxillaries are short and strongly built ; 

 their posterior processes are nearly equal in length to the descending 

 bran(;h. The maxillary bone is short, bent, and very irregularly 

 shajjcd ; its upper portion is fitted in the angle of the intermaxillary 

 and provided with a deep gi'oove for the articulation with the tur])inal 

 bone, — a! structure bj- wliit'li we are rtniinded of that of GireUa; 



