486 PLEUBONECTID^. 



3. The left pectoral is longer than the right. 

 16. Synaptura panoides. 



Synaptura panoides, Bleek. Borneo, v. p. 440, or Verhand. Batav. Ge- 

 nootsch. xxiv. P'euron. p. 30. 



D. 82-83. A. 63-67. C. 14-16. P. dextr. 2-3, sin. 4-5. 

 L. lat. 105-115. 



The left pectoral is longer than the right ; the upper eye is in 

 advance of the lower. The height of the body is contained thrice in 

 the total length (with the caudal), the length of the head six times 

 and a half. Nasal tube short ; eyes very small, their diameter being 

 much less than the width of the space between them ; the right 

 pectoral is minute, scarcely longer than the eye ; the length of the 

 left is one-fifth of that of the head. Brownish-olive, with six pairs 

 of rather remote blackish lines, crossing the body in its whole width, 

 vertically to the lateral line *. Sometimes large irregular blackish 

 blotches within and without these Hues. 



Bandjermassing. Singapore ? 



a. Fine specimen : 8 inches long. Singapore ? 



b. Fine specimen. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



17. Synaptura macrolepis. 



Synaptura macrolepis, Bleek. Borneo, xii. p. 7. 

 D. 69-70. A. 52. C. 16. P. dextr. 3-4, sin. 5. L. lat. 65. 



The right pectoral is smaller than the left. The height of the 

 body is contained twice and three-quarters in the total length (with 

 the caudal), the length of the head five tinges and three-quarters. 

 Eyes contiguous. The length of the left pectoral is contained five 

 times and a half in that of the head. Uniform yellowish-olive. (Bl.) 



Sea of Singkawang. 



4. Both pectorals are absent. 



18. Sjrnaptura leucorhyncha. 



Achiroides leucorhynchus, Bleek. in Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiv. 

 Pleuron. p. 20. 



D. 54. C. 17. A. 36. V. 3-4. L. lat. 60. 



Pectorals none. The height of the body is two-fifths of the total 

 length (with the caudal), the length of the head two-ninths. The 

 width of the interorbital space is less than the diameter of the eye ; 

 the uj^per eye is considerably in advance of the lower. Ventral fins 

 free. Brown, clouded with darker. {Bl.) 



Rivers of Surakarta (Central Java). 



a. One inch long. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



* Tliese lines are apparently the remainder of eross-bands with dark edges. 



