-1.20 THE CliUISE OF THE ' CURAQOA.' 



PLATE XXXI. 



SCOLOPSIS XENOCHBOUS. 

 Allied to Scolopsifi r/hanaon. 



D. Lo. A. A. L. lat. 44. L. trans, ^'f. 



The height of the body is contained thrice in the total length 

 (without caudal), the length of the head thrice and a third : the 

 diameter of the eye is one-third of the length of the head, and a 

 little more than that of the snout, and equal to the width of the 

 interorbital space ; infraorbital arch with two strong spines, one 

 pointing forwards, the other backwards, two or three small den ticu- 

 lations below the strong spine ; prseopercnlum with the angle pro - 

 jecting ; dorsal sjjines rather strong, but less so than those of the 

 anal fin ; second and third anal spines nearly equal in strength and 

 length. Brownish-olive, a narrow pearl- coloured band along the 

 uppermost dorsal series of scales ; a large blackish-brown spot on 

 the posterior part of the gill-cover ; a broad silvery band, three 

 scales broad, along the trunk below the lateral line ; the anterior 

 part "of the band is crossed by a pair of short oblique brown 

 streaks, the middle part with a brown spot on the base of each 

 scale, the posterior portion uniform pearl-coloured ; praeorbital 

 with a narrow silvery band ; fins colourless. 



Misol Island. 



r>ength 7 inches. 



OUBIGEPS PAUGIBADIATU8 {not fi,jured). 



T). 10 I ^\. A. -iV- L. lat. 50. 



The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length (with- 

 out caudal), the length of the head two-sevenths ; abdomen com- 

 pressed into a ridge in front of the ventral fins which are received 



