246 report — 1845. 



on the base of the caudal, which makes a fourth. The yellow tints are not so general as they 

 are shown by Mr. Bennett, being more confined to the breast. 

 Hab. Mauritius. Red sea. Indian ocean and China sea. 



Platax vespertilio, Bloch, 199 ; Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 83. pi. 43. 



Platax blochiiy C. et V. vii. p. 222. 



The figure in the ' Fauna Japonica' wants an undulation in the arched part of the lateral 

 line and the yellow caudal, with its /-shaped edge, which are shown in Mr. Reeves's figure 

 of the preceding. The authors of the ' Fauna Japonica' consider their fish to be the true 

 vespertilio, though there are some peculiarities of colour. 



Hab. Mauritius. Indian ocean. New Guinea and China. 



Hjeniochus macrolepidotus, Bloch, 200. f. 1 (Chcetodon). C. et V. vii. 

 p. 93 ; Temm. et Schl. p. 82. pi. 44. f. 1. 



Hab. Sea of Japan. Moluccas. Celebes. New Guinea. Indian ocean, Mauritius and 

 Mozambique. 



Holacanthus septentrionalis, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 82. pi. 44 ; 

 Icon. Reeves, 178; Hardw. Acanth. 175. 



Mr. Reeves's drawing is illuminated with a rich orange-brown ground colour and pure 

 china-blue stripes, which are broader than in the figure of the fish in the ' Fauna Japonica.' 

 One stripe is bent into a ring on the operculum and another on the base of the pectoral. The 

 soft dorsal and anal are blackish, the other fins reddish-orange. 



Hab. Sea of China and Japan. 



Ch-stodon aureus, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 81. pi. 42. f. 1 ; Icon. 

 Reeves, a. 23 ; Hardw. Acanth. 151. Chinese name, Hopaou kin, "Purse 

 gold" (Birch) ; " Golden purse" (Reeves); Hopau kam (Bridgem. Chrest. 

 25). 



The Chcetodon collarejd Bloch (pi. 216. f. l)^which he says he had from Japan, appears 

 to be this species. The profile, bands and numbers of the rays agree tolerably well. 

 Hab. Seas of China and Japan. 



Chcetodon setifer, Bloch, pi. 425. f. 1 ; C. et V. vii. p. 76. 



Sir Edward Belcher obtained specimens of this fish in the outer China sea. 



Hab. China sea, Moluccas, Polynesia, the Indian ocean, and Mozambique channel. 



Chcetodon mojdestus, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 80. pi. 41. f. 2 ; Icon. 

 Reeves, ft. 41 ; Hardw. Acanth. Chinese name, Ts'een tsuy Id (Birch) ; 

 Tseen tsui lap, " Sharp-nose lap" (Reeves); Tsim tsuy lap (Bridgem. 

 Chrest. 23). 



Mr. Reeves kept a specimen of this fish alive for some weeks in a glass globe filled with 

 sea water. There is a Japanese example in the British Museum. 

 Hab. Seas of China and Japan. 



Ch^todon strigatus, Langsdorff. C. et V. vii. p. 25. pi. 170; Temm. et 

 Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 80. pi. 40. f. 1 ; Icon. Reeves, ft. 4; Hardw. Acanth. 

 166. Chinese name, Chae yu, " Fuel-fish" (Birch) ; " Faggot-fish," from 

 the resemblance of its stripes to a bundle of fire-wood (Reeves). 

 Mr. Reeves deposited a Canton specimen in the British Museum. 

 Hab. Seas of China and Japan. 



Psettus argenteus, Lin. (Cha>todo?i), Chin. Lagcerstr. in Amoen. Ac. 

 1754. iv. p. 249. No. 26 ; Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Ereb. and Terror, 

 pi. 35. f. 1-3. Icon. Reeves, 240; Hardw. Acanth. 226. Chinese name, 

 Yin leen tsang, " Silver-scaled tsang" (Reeves, Birch). Had. B. 6 ; D. 

 8|29; A.3|29; C. Yj\\ P. 17; V. 1|5. 



Dr. J. 0. M'Williams, the intrepid and scientific surgeon of the Niger expedition, presented 

 two specimens of this fish to the Haslar Museum. He obtained them at Norfolk island. 



Hab. Polynesia. East coast of Australia and sea of China. Canton (Reeves). Norfolk 

 island (M'Williams). Vanicolo (Quoy et Gaimard). 



