Dr. A. Glinther on Fishes from China. 239 



Pantoreites cretatus. 



P. ferrugineus, supra interrupte, subtus dense albo-squamosus ; 

 rostro breviusculo ; scrobibns magis arcuatis, supra fere trans- 

 versis ; antennis paulo validis ; funiculo articulo basali paruru 

 incrassato, quam secuuclo paulo longiore, tertio manifeste breviore ; 

 protborace subconico, utrinque leviter rotundato, basi dilatato et bi- 

 sinuato, confertissime punctato, punctis singulis squamulam albam 

 gerentibus, vittis quinque e squamis ovatis formatis, notato, punctis 

 cseteris squamulis minutis piliformibus instructis ; scutello ovato ; 

 elytris humeris prominulis, lateribus gradatim angustioribus, 

 apice rotuudatis, substriato-punctatis, punctis subremotis, inter- 

 stitiis angustulis, vix convexis, lateribus suturaque irregulariter 

 dense squamosis, reliquis denudatis ; mesosterno producto ; 

 pedibus validis ; tibiis intus fortiter dentatis. Long. 3^ bin. 



Hob. Champion Bay. 



The mesosternum is also produced in P. scenicus, from which 

 this species may be known, inter alia, by its prominent 

 shoulders and more lightly sculptured elytra. 



Pantoreites Breweri. 



P. rufo-testaceus, squamulis piliformibus, aliis ovatis intermixes, 

 albis, plerumque sat dense tectus ; rostro antice leviter tricarinato ; 

 funiculo articulis duobus basalibus parum elongatis.fere sequalibus, 

 tertio multo breviore ; protborace utrinque rotundato, basi quam 

 apice baud latiore, ilia truncata, in medio squamulis piliformibus, 

 ad latera squamulis ovatis magis condensatis, recto ; scutello 

 ovato ; elytris humeris rotuudatis, lateribus parallelis, apicem 

 versus cito gradatim angustioribus, striato-punctatis, punctis 

 elongatis, interstitiis latis, subplanatis, tertio postice leviter 

 tuberculato ; corpore infra minus squamoso ; mesosterno baud 

 producto ; pedibus parce pilosis ; femoribus in medio crassioribus, 

 tibiis anticis intus bisinuatis. Long. 2| lin. 



Hab. Swan River. 



The tricarinated rostrum and narrow base of the prothorax 

 will at once differentiate this species, which must be considered 

 an aberrant form if retained in the genus. It is dedicated to 

 Mr. Brewer, who has done so much by his collections to 

 elucidate the entomology of Swan River. 



[To be continued.] 



XXXI. — Report on a Collection of Fishes from China. By 

 Dr. Albeet Gunthee, F.R.S., Assistant Keeper of the 

 Zoological Department, British Museum. 



Mr. R. Swinhoe, H.M. Consul at Shanghai, having sent to the 



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