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punctatus, Solander ; Icon, 21. Parkinson, Sib. Banks. Latte, Russell, 79 ; 

 Icon. Reeves, 51 ; Hardw. 162. Chinese name, Ke lung tsang, " Coop 

 tsang fish" (Birch); •' Fowl-basket" (Reeves). 



Hab. Round the entire coasts of Australia and New Guinea, and in the Javan and China 

 seas, and the Indian ocean. 



Drepane longimana, Bl. Schn. (Ch<stodon) y p. 231 ; C. et V. vii. p. 133. 

 Terla, Russell, 80-81 ; Icon. Reeves, 241 ; Hardw. Acanth. 159. Chi- 

 nese name, Lew tsang, "Willow sang" (Birch); " Willow dory" (Reeves). 

 Had. D. 9|21; A.3|19; C. 17|; P. 17; V. 1|5. (Spec. Camb. Ph. Inst.) 



The vertical bars which are described in the ' Histoire des Poissons,' from faded specimens, 

 have a lively auricula-purple colour, and are eight in number. The Rev. George Vachell 

 has deposited a Canton specimen in the Cambridge Philosophical Institution. 



Hab. Indian ocean, Javan and China seas. 



Scatophagus argus, Lin. (Chcetodon) ; C. et V. vii. p. 136. Pool 



chitsilloo, Russell, 78. Icon. Reeves, 272? Hardw. Acanth. 171 ? Had, 



D. 11|17 ; A. 4|14, &c. (Spec. Camb. Ph. Inst.) 



Two specimens of this fish exist in the Cambridge Philosophical Institution, which were 

 brought from Canton by the Rev. George Vachell, and there are several in the Chinese col- 

 lection at Hyde Park, all of which vary from one another in the size of the spots, which in 

 some are bigger than the orbit, in others less. Mr. Reeves's drawing shows much larger 

 spots, and a more concave and sloping profile than Russell's figure. The colour is also more 

 purpurascent, sombre and dingy than it is described to be in the ' Histoire des Poissons,' so 

 that it may possibly represent a distinct species. 



Hab. India. China. Moluccas. 



Scatophagus ornatus, C. et V. vii. p. 143. Icon. Reeves, (d. 35 ; Hardw. 

 Acanth. 169. Chinese name, Kin koo, "Metal drum" (Birch) ; Kin koo, 

 "Golden drum" (Reeves). 



Length of figure 2£ inches. 

 Hab. China. Amboyna. 



Scatophagus bougainvillii, C. et V. vii. p. 142? Icon. Reeves, 83 ; 

 Hardw. Acanth. 172. Chinese name, Lang peen yu, "Good flatfish" 

 (Reeves, Birch). 



This drawing has exactly the profile of Russell's figure of argus, but the dorsal spines are 

 rather lower, and the second anal spine considerably larger than the others. The colour is 

 lemon-yellow with a bright golden lustre, becoming silvery towards the belly, much of the 

 head and parts of the fins being shaded by deep liver-brown. There are also some fainter 

 large brown marks on the upper half of the body. In form this figure agrees with the de- 

 scription of Bougainvillii, of which the true colours and markings are not known, the speci- 

 men described in the ' Histoire des Poissons' having been badly preserved. 



Hab. China. 



Ephippus orbis, Bloch (Chcetodon), 202, f. 2; C. et V. vii. p. 127 ; La- 

 cepede, iv. p. 458 et 491 ; Icon. Reeves, 210 ; Hardw. Acanth. 157. 

 Chinese name, Yin hung (Birch) ; Ying hung (Reeves) ; Ngan kung 

 (Bridgem. Chrest. 30). 

 Hab. Indian ocean and China sea. 



Platax ehrenbergii, C. et V. vii. p. 221. Platax vespertilio, Whitch. 

 Bennett, Ceylon, pi. 5 ; Icon. Reeves, 103 ; Hardw. Acanth. 179. Chi- 

 nese name, Fei yih, "Flying wings" (Birch); Fe yih, "Flying fins" 

 (Reeves); Fiyih (Bridgem. Chrest. 26). 



Mr. Reeves's drawing has the yellow caudal fin with the dark brown bar on its base, and 

 the precise dimensions of body and vertical fins which Bennett's figure possesses. It shows 

 moreover the broad vertical bars, of which there is only a trace in the Ceylon plate, viz. an 

 ocular band, a pectoral one, a broad one taking in the soft dorsal and anal, and the brown bar 



