FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. lOii 



271. Pterois volitans (Liniiirus). 

 Two fine specimens from Bacon (no. 3444 and 3 145; length 6.5 and 6.75 in.). 

 Oasterosleus lolitans Linnanis, Syst. Nat., p4. ,\-, JUO, 175S, Amboyna. 



Pterois volitans, Gunther, Oat., n, 122 (Egypt; South Alrica; Cap., of tiood Hope; Madras; China; Amboyna). 

 Pseudomonoptenis {Plerois) rolilans. Blwk.-r, Atlas, ix, pi. cccc.xii, Qg. 3. 



272. Dendrochirus zebra (Cuvici- & Valenciennes). 

 Four specimens from Bacon (no. 3574 and 3577; length 3.5 to 4.75 in.). 



Pterois :ebra Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 269 (367), 1829, He de France; Gunther, Cat., ii, 126 (Amboyna; 



China; Madagascar). 

 Psevdomonopterus {Dendrochirus) zebra, Bleeker, Atlas, ix, pi., ccccxi, flg. 1. 



Family PL.\TYCEPH,\LID.€. 



273. Platycephalus bataviensis Bleeker. 



One specimen from Jolo (no. 3276; length 8 in.). 



Platycephalus bataviensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., iv, 1853, 460, Batavia; .Vtlas, ix, pi. ccccxx,flg. 4; Gunther, Cat. 

 II, 188. 



274. Platycephalua insidiator (Forskil) . Lacoy. 



On specimen from San Fabian (no. 3900; length 6.2 in.). 



Coitus insidiator ForskW, Descr. Anim., 25, 1775, Red Sea. 



Platycephalus insidiator. Gunther, Cat., ii, 177 (Calcutta; Ganges; China; Malayan Peninsula; Moluccas; Amboyna; Cape 

 York; Australia; Red Sea; Port Natal; Cape of Good Hope). 



275. Platycephalus macracanthus Bleeker. Cacahit. 



One specimen from San Fabian (no. 3857; length 5.25 in.). 

 Platycephalus macracanihus Bleeker, Versl. Meded. .Vk. \\'et., 2d re^ks, in, l^'Vs-'.i, 2.53, Amboyna; Atla:., ix, pi. ccccxix, fig. 1. 



Family CALLlONYMIH.i. 



276. CalUuriclitliys reevesii (Richardson). 



Four specimens from Bulan (no. 4077 to 4080; length 5.75 to 6.5 in.). 

 CalUonymus reevesii Richardson, Voy. Sulphur, 6U. pi. 36, flgs. 1-3 (not 4). Is4.3. Canton. 



Family NOTOTHEMID.i. 



277. Parapercis hexophthalma (Ehrenberg). 

 One specimen from Bacon (no. 3721; length 6.2 in.). 



Percis hezophlhalma Ehrenberg in Cuvier & Vaiencicnnos, Hist. .\:it. Poiss., in. 202 (271]. 1.S29, Massuah; Gunther, Cat., ii, 

 239 (Louisiade Archipelago; Red Sea) . 



Family OPHICEPHALID.J^. 

 278. Ophicephalus striatus Bloch. 

 Five specimens from Philippines (without local label, no. 3791 to 3795; length 3.1 to 4 in.). 



Ophicephalus striatus Bloch, Ichth., x, 117, pi. ccclix, 1797, East Indies. 



OpUocephalus striatus, Gunther, Cat., ni, 474 (Loodianah; Ganges; Bengal; Pinang; Madras) ; Bleeker, -Ulas, ix, pi. iccxcix, 



fig. 1. 



