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thors as constituting a family*, rather than a genus, and 
now venture to unite some of the species under the generic 
appellation Hippocampus, a name by which, at least, one 
of the species was known to ancient naturalists-. 
A. Corpore haud ramulifero. (Body not bearing branches). 
Sp. 1. HIPPOCAMPUS TRIMACULATUS. 
H. corpore angulis subtuberculatis ; crista 5-1ubercu- 
lata; oculis superne gulaque utrinque spina acuta 
armatis. 
Habitat in mari Sinensi et Indico vulgatissimus, lateri- 
bus utrinque maculis tribus nigris notatus. 
THREE-SPOTTED HIPPOCAMPUS. ~° 
Angles of body slightly tuberculated; crest with five 
' tubercles; eyes above, and the throat on each side armed 
with a sharp spine. j 
This species is very abundant in the Indian and Chinese 
seas. ‘The upper part of the sides, in all the specimens 
which I have examined, are marked with three black spots. 
Se. 2. HIPPOCAMPUS ANTIQUORUM. 
H. corpore angulis subtuberculatis; crista rugosa ; 
oculis superne gulaque utrinque tuberculo obtus 
armatis. | 
Syngnathus Hippocampus. Auctorum. 
Habitat in mari Mediterraneo, a Dom. Risso optime 
descriptus. 
* All the genera of which carry their eggs in a hollow of the tail. 
+ Syngnathus foliatus of Shaw may be considersd as the type of a 
peculiar division of the genus Hippocampus. 
