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parth' on both'; below those, hut above tlie lateral line, another row of 

 nine similar, hut lari;er, hlotches, extending anleriorh' to the upper 

 posterior border of eye, running below the upward curve of lateral 

 line and forming a continuous longitudinal band; below this another 

 row of about se\enteen similarly colored, irregular blotches, extending 

 from the base of pectoral posteriorly along lower edge of lateral line 

 to base of caudal; below this another row of irregular and lighter- 

 colored blotches; head olixaceous brown, streaked with irregular lines 

 of black above; a band of dark brown as wide as pupil, but becoming 

 wider posteriorly, running from postero-inferior edge of eye to the 

 middle of base of pectoral; lower part of head paler; dorsal fin marbled 

 with dark; membrane of caudal fin dark, its rays dusky brown, two 

 vertical stripes of gray color near the base; anal fin with seven dark 

 blotches at the base of posterior half, its membrane dusky; the ventral 

 pale; pectorals grayish, with no marking. 



Length of body 220 mm. 



Described from a specimen from Taihoku, collected by Oshima in 

 October, 1916. 



Habitat: Widely distributed throughout the Island. My specimens 

 came from Taihoku, Raupi, Giran; Tozen River; Nanshisho, Giran. 



Measurements of Ophicephalus ladianus. 



Locality. 





Taihoku . 

 Taihoku . 

 Raupi. . 



220 



215 



196 



61. Ophicephalus maculatus Lacepede. 



1802. Boslrichus maculatus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, p. 140, 143. 



1831. Ophicephalus maculatus Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., VH, p. 437. — 

 Kner, Novara, Fisch., H, 1865, p. 234; Hongkong. — Bleeker, Naturk. 

 Verh. A. K. Amst., XIX, 1879, p. 50; Philippine Islands. — Rutter, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad., 1897, p. 69; Swatow. — Jordan & Evermann, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., XXV, 1903, p. 330; Formosa. — Jordan & Richardson, 

 Mem. Carneg. Mus., IV, No. 4, 1909, p. 193; Formosa. — -Jordan & Richard- 

 son, Check-List Philip. Fish., 1910, p. 34; Manila. 



i86i. Ophiocephalus maculatus Gijnther, Cat. Fish.. Ill, p. 480; China. 



Head 3.66 in length; depth 6.18; D. 40; A. 28; P. 17; V. 6; width of 

 head 1.8 in its length; eye 8 in head; interorbital space 5; snout 6; 



