170 LABKID^. 



Pecten ronife, Aldrov. ii. c. 27. p. 205 ; Jonst. i. tit. 3. c. 1. a. 15. 



Pesce pettiue, Sale. fol. 217. 



Corypha5na, no. 2, AH. Gen. p. 15, and Synon. p. 29. 



Coryphfena novacula, L. Si/st. i. p. 447 ; Bl. Schn. p. 295 ; Lacep. iii. 



p. 203 ; Shatv, Zuol. iv. p. 217 ; Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 181 (not Eur. 



Me rid.). 

 Xyrichthys cultratus, Cuv. 8f Vcd. xiv. p. 37. pi. 391. 

 ? Xyrichthys vcnniculatus, Puei/, iMem. Cid). ii. p. 215. 

 Xyrichthys novacula, Cuv. Rcyne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 89. fig. 3. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 27. L. trausv. 2/8. Vert. 9/16. 



A few rudimentary scales below the orbit ; the two first dorsal 

 spines are a little flexible ; ventral fins slightly produced. Hose- 

 coloured, each scale with a bluish vertical streak ; head with rather 

 numerous blue vertical lines ; anal with oblique, caudal with vertical 

 undulated lines, A silvery blotch on the side of the belly, frequently 

 disappearing in specimens preserved in spirits. 



From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic coasts of tropical America. 



a, h. Half-grown. Mediterranean. 



c, d. Half-grown. Bay of Naples. 



e. Fine specimen. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



/. Half-grown. Lanzarote. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



g. Half-grown : skin. Caribbean Sea. FromDr. Parnell'sCollection. 



h. Very fine specimen. Bahia. FromDr. O. Wucherer'a Collection. 



i, k. Adult. 



? I. Adult : stuffed. South Africa. 



2. Novacula argentimaculata. 



Xyrichthys argenti-maculata, Steindachner, Zool. Bot. Gescllsch. Wten, 

 1861, p. 134. 



T) i. K - 



Some small scales below the orbit ; the two first dorsal spines arc 

 flexible, not produced and continuous with the remainder of the fin. 

 A large roundish silvery spot on the side of the body above the level 

 of the pectoral fiin, with a small black spot in the centre ; each scale 

 vdth a vertical streak ; head with rather numerous vertical lines ; a 

 yellowish spot on the operculum with bluish centie ; the soft dorsal 

 and anal with oblique, the caudal with vertical stripes. 



Cape of Good Hope. Brazil. 



a. Adult. Brazil. From the Berlin Museum. 



3. Novacula javanica. 



Sleeker, Synon. Lahr p. 32, and All. Ichth. p. . tab. 30. fig. U. 

 D. K A. i-. L. lat. 28-29. 



12 12 



Some small scales below the orbit ; the two first dorsal spines are 

 flexible, not produced and continuous with the remainder of the fin. 

 A light .spot on the middle of the side, Jibove the cxtromity of the 



