194 FUNAFUTI ATOLL. 



PSEUDOSCARUS BATAviENSis, Sleeker. 



Pseudoscarns bataviensis, Bleeker, sp., Java, iv., p. 342 ; Atlas, 

 Ichth., pi. xii., fig. 3. 



Previously recorded from Batavia. 

 Funafuti native name, " Samaria." 



PSEUDOSCARUS SINGAPURENSIS, Sleeker. 



Pseudoscarus singapurensis, Bleeker, sp., Singapore, p. 69 ; Atlas, 

 Ichth., pi. xiii., fig. 1. 



Previously recorded from Singapore and Java. 

 Funafuti native name, " Ruggea." 



PSEUDOSCARUS TROSCHELLI, Sleeker. 



Pseudoscarus troschelli, Bleeker, sp., Batavia, p. 498 ; Atlas, 

 Ichth., pi. vii., fig. 2. 



Previously recorded from Java. 

 Funafuti native name, " Soumoulaia." 



OPHIDTID^E. 



FIERASFER, Cuvier. 

 FIERASFER HOMII, Richardson. 



Fierasfer homii, Richardson, sp., Voy. Ereb. and Terr. Fishes, 

 p. 74, pi. xxxxiv., figs. 718. 



Mr. Hedley obtained a large Ifolothurian (//. argus, Semper,) 

 two feet in length. After it had been in a bucket for half-an- 

 hour, the Fierasfer swam out and was bottled in formol. These 

 parasitic Ophidiidse, as is well known, inhabit the breathing 

 cavities of various invertebrates ; they are said to be quite harm- 

 less, though possibly inconvenient to their host. 



The specimen does not differ from that described by Richardson, 

 and measures 104 ruillim. in length. 



SCOMBRESOCID^E. 



BELONE, Cuvier. 



BELONE PLATURA, Bennett. 



Belone platura, Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1830, p. 168 ; Ruppell, 



N.W, Fische, p. 73, pi. xx., fig. 1. 



Al though I have named the single Belone obtained, as above, I 

 cannot be certain of the determination. Its characters, however, 

 on the whole ally it with this species. 

 Native name, " Kashufi." 



