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315. The Harlequin Angler (Chironectes lavigatus, Cuv.). 



A small dark specimen in which the fins and filaments on the head are well 

 displayed. 



316. Chironectes lavigatus, Cuv. 



A small bleached specimen in which the fins and filaments on the head are 

 well displayed. 



317. Chironectes lavigatus, Cuv. 

 Two very small specimens. 



318. Chironectes marmoratus (var.), Cuv. 



Fig. Cuv. et Val. vol. xii. p. 299. 

 Hob. Indian Seas. 



319. Chironectes marmoratus (var.). 



A smaller specimen in which the markings are well shown. 



320. Chironectes hirsutus, Cuv. ; Lophius hirsutus, Lacep. 



Fig. Lacep. Mem. du Mus. t. iii. pi. 18. fig. 2. Cuv. et Val. vol. xii. p. 324. 

 Hob. Indian Seas. 



Genus HALIEUTEA, Wahl. 



321. Halieutea stellata, Wahl. ; Lophius muricatus, Shaw. 



Fig. Richardson, Report on Ichth. of Seas of China and Japan, Brit. 

 Assoc. Report 1845, p. 203. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. v. pt. 2. p. 382. 

 Hob. China and Japan. 



According to Sir John Richardson, " dried specimens of this fish, as well 

 as those of Lophius setigerus, are common in boxes of insects purchased 

 at the Chinese ports. In the recent state, the upper surface is aurora- 

 red clouded with reddish-brown, the under bright lake-red ; the fins 

 bright lake-red with black edges." Presented by John Quekett. 



Genus MALTHEA, Cuv. 



322. Malthea vespertilio, Cuv. ; Lophius vespertilio, Linn. 



Fig. Bloch, tab. 110. Cuv. et Val. vol. xii. p. 328. 

 Hob. Tropical Seas of America. 



