546 FUNAFUTI ATOLL. 



red dots on the dorsal are not observable and the spinous portion 

 is ornamented near its edge with a series of black blotches, one to 

 each spine. These did not occur in Giinther's specimens neither 

 did a dark vertical mark at the base of every third spine and ray 

 throughout the whole length of the dorsal fin. 



PLEURONEOTID^E. 



PLATOPHRYS, Swains. 

 PLATOPHRYS PANTHERINUS, Riipp. 



Platophrys pantherinus, Riipp., Atlas Fische, p. 121, pi. xxxr 

 fig. 1 ; Day, Fishes of India, p. 425, pi. xcii., figs. 3 and 4. 



The small specimen obtained differs from Day's figure (fig. 3) by 

 having the anterior dorsal rays free for half their length, and by 

 having white spots on the vertical and caudal fins, a feature how- 

 ever mentioned in the description. In addition, the vertical fins 

 have small black spots at intervals near the base of the rays, 

 apparently similar to P. nebularis, Jord. and Gilb.* In April, 

 1898, I obtained P. pantherinus at Lord Howe Island. 



DIODONTIDJE. 



TETRODON, Linnceus. 



TETRODON MARGARITATUS, Riipp. 



Tetrodon margaritatus, Riipp., Atlas Fische, p. 66 ; Richards, 



Voy. Samarang, Fish, p. 20, pi. ix., figs. 1 and 2. 

 This widely distributed and variable species is represented by 

 two small examples; they agree most nearly with the variety 

 described as T. papua. 



Jordan and Gilbert Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vii., 1884, p. 31. 



