36 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



Petroscirtes, sp. (not in g. st.), Ovalau. 



Atherina lacunosa, Forst. (Forst. Descr. An., p. 298; Gthr., Fiscli. d. Siidsee, p. 213, 



taf. cxviii., fig. E), Levuka. 

 Ponwtcentrus scolopsis, Q. and G., Levuka. 

 Glyphidodon xanthozona, BUo-., Levuka. 

 Glyphidodon assimilis, Gthr., Ovalau. 

 Platijglossus trirnaculatus, Q. and G., Levuka. 

 Jul is dorscdis, Q. and G., Ovalau. 

 Chilinus trilohatus,l^a.(i., Levuka. 

 Chilinus chlorurus, Bl., Levuka. 

 Pseudoscarus nuchipunctatus, C. V., Kandavu. 

 ■ Pseudoscmnis mia'orhinus, Blkr., Kandavu. 

 Rhomboidichthys, sp. (?) Levuka. 

 Solea heterarhina, Blkr., Ovalau. 

 Saurus varius, Lac, Ovalau. 



Belone anmdata, C. V., Levuka; Ovalau ; Kandavu. 

 Hemirhamphus commersoni, Kandavu. 

 Clupea temhang, Blkr., Levuka ; Kandavu. 

 Megcdops cyprinoides, Brouss., Ovalau. 



AnguiUa mauntiana, Benn., fresli-water "of Levuka ; Ovalau. 

 Murcena polyuranodon, Blkr., Ovalau. 

 Doryichthys hrachyurus, Blki'., Ovalau. 

 Batistes stellatus, Lac, Kandavu. 

 Balistesfuscus, Bl. Schn., Kandavu. 

 BaUstes aculeatus, L., Kandavu. 

 Tetrodon immaculatus, BL, Ovalau. 

 Ostracion cornutus, L., Ovalau. 

 Ostracion cuhicus, L., Ovalau. 



a THE SEA BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA. 



The Challenger proceeded from the Fiji Islands to Api, one of the New Hebrides 

 (August 18, 1874), to Raine Island (August 31), and to Cape York, where the Expedi- 

 tion stayed from September 2 to September 8. Much attention to collecting specimens 

 was paid on the passage to the Arafura Sea, the trawl being used every day in this com- 

 paratively shallow basin ; finally the Aru and Ki Islands were visited (September 9 to 

 September 27). 



The fishes collected in this part of the Voyage may be conveniently enumerated separ- 

 ately, as comparatively little had been done previously in the exploration of this fauna ; 



