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One specimen, No. 1989 B. M., from Rarotonga, Cook Ids. 

 Two specimens, Nos. 21 iS, 21 19 B. M., from Nukuhiva, Mar- 

 quesas Ids. 



Ostracion lentigenosum Block & Schneider. 



Two specimens, Nos. 969, 1051 B. M., from Fate, New Heb- 

 rides. 



Two specimens, Nos. 21 16, 21 17 B. M., from Nukuhiva, Mar- 

 quesas Ids. 



Family TETRADONTID.F). 



Spheroides hypselogenion (Bleeker). 



One specimen, No. 888 B. M., from Fate, New Hebrides. 

 Spheroides oblongus (Bleeker). 



One specimen, No. 939 B. M., from Fate, New Hebrides. 

 Tetraodon setosus Rosa Smith. 



One specimen, No. 836 B. M., from Mangareva Id. Length 9 in. 

 This specimen is identified with some doubt with this species, 

 which belongs to the Panama fauna. 



Tetraodon immaculatus Bleeker. 



One specimen, No. 881 B. M., from Fate, New Hebrides. 



One specimen, No. 1317 B. M., from Shortland Id., Solomons. 



In life the specimen is a uniform bright yellow, with black on 

 basis of the pectorals, a black spot on the upper part of dorsal and 

 on middle of caudal. 



Tetraodon aerostaticus Jenyns. 



One specimen, No. 1057 B. M., from Fate, New Hebrides. 

 Tetraodon lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard). 



One specimen, No. 1592 B. M., from Raiatea, Society Ids. 

 Canthigaster compressus (Proce). 



One specimen, No. 1065 B.'M., from Fate, New Hebrides. 

 Canthigaster solandri (Richardson). 



One specimen, No. 1593 B.M., from Raiatea, Society Ids. 



Family SCORPiENID^E. 



Merinthe haplodactyla (Bleeker). 



One specimen, No. 1012 B. M., from Fate, New Hebrides. 



Scorpaena cooki Giinther. 



Three specimens, No. 16S1 B. M. (young), from Raiatea, 

 Society Ids. 



