Clarke. — On Tioo New Globe-fish. 247 



When inflated, for which the capacity existed to a very 

 considt'rable extent over the chin, cheeks, throat, abdomen, 

 and sides, the spines were all forced into full prominence. It 

 seemed to distend itself with both air and water, which were 

 ejected with considerable force when the fish was in full 

 vigour. 



In life and for some little time after death the fish was a 

 brilliant and striking object, in consequence of the vividness 

 of its coloration, which was as follows : Ground-colour of top 

 and front of head, back, and sides, and on to origin of caudal 

 fin, a rich dark purple-brown, lightening in tint towards the 

 lower surface, and thence changing into a brownish hue. 

 The whole of the body covered with sharply-defined mark- 

 ings, small, circular, and more numerous on the front and 

 top of head and fore part of back, gradually enlarging as 

 they proceed down the sides of cheeks and body ; towards 

 the root of the tail again getting much smaller. Towards 

 the lower sides and abdominal surface the shape of the 

 spots changes gradually to oval, and they increase in size 

 very much. These spots on the head, cheeks, back, and 

 upper sides were of a light-blue colour, those towards the 

 low^er sides and on the abdominal surface more or less white. 

 Over the abdomen the peculiar pure enamel-white bead-like 

 processes were closely scattered and very prominent. The 

 other portions of the surface had a more widely-scattered 

 black punctured appearance, caused by the other beads on 

 the spines before referred to, but which have hardly any 

 prominence. Pectoral fins of an orange tint. Dorsal and 

 anal red, more or less margined with yellow. Caudal red, 

 lightening towards free margin. Lips light -red. Irides 

 yellow. Tints soon became much duller after death, and 

 when immersed in the preservative the rich dark purple- 

 brown changed to black, whilst the blue-coloured spots faded. 



The specimen I send for the Wellington Museum died 

 with its spines partly protruded. 



The second species of Tetrodon I have the pleasure of 

 noting was also found washed up on the beach at Moturoa, 

 on the 11th May, 1896, by Messrs. James, Eeilly, and Pearn, 

 fishermen, who kindly forwarded it to me. It may yet prove 

 to be similar to one obtained about a year ago at Tauranga 

 and sent to Mr. Cheeseman, of the Auckland Museum, but 

 which was not, nor has it yet been, I believe, described. I 

 saw this fish in its glass jar in the Museum referred to at 

 the end of last year, but my casual view was not sufiicient 

 to make its identity a certainty. If it proves so it will be a 

 confirmation of its permanent occurrence on our coasts — find- 

 ing it in localities so far apart. I propose that the specific 



