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Cepolidje. 

 CEroLA limbata, C. et V. x. p. 402 ; Voy. de Krusenst pi. 60. f. 1. 



Hah. Sea of Japan. 



Cepola marginata, C. et V. x. p. 402; Krusenst. pi. 60. f. 1. 

 Hab. Sea of Japan. 



Cepola krusensternii, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. pi. 71. f. 1. 



The authors of the ' Fauna Japonica' are inclined to include the two preceding species in 

 this one. The British Museum possesses one of Burger's specimens. 

 Hab. Sea of Japan. 



Cepola hungta, Icon. Reeves, /3. 2 ; Hardw. 228. Chinese name, Hung 

 tae> " Red girdle" (Birch); " Red tape" (Reeves); Hung tai (Bridgem. 

 Chrest. 5). 



We cannot refer this figure to any of the foregoing Cepola, nor, on account of the numbers 

 of the rays, to abbreviates, of which we have seen neither figure nor detailed description. 

 Height at the pectorals equal to the length of the head, or to one-tenth of the whole length 

 of the fish. The upper and under profiles incline evenly and gradually to each other, and 

 meet in an acute point at. the tail. The fins are highest anteriorly and diminish in height like 

 the body, also meeting in an acute point, the caudal not being distinguished by longer rays 

 from the adjoining parts of the other two vertical fins. The anal is higher than the dorsal. 

 Ventrals exactly under the pectorals. The whole surface of the body is divided into almost 

 square rhombs by yellow lines, and there is a nacry spot in the centre of each. There are only 

 ninety-four of these rhombs in a line between the gill-opening and point of the tail, so that 

 they are greatly larger than the scales of the other Cepola. The general tint is pale ochre- 

 yellow passing into reddish-orange on the back, and there are eighteen equidistant gamboge- 

 yellow spots on the middle of the sides, the yellow tint confined to the lines dividing the scales 

 from one another. These spots are much larger than those of krusensternii and not in pairs. 

 The orbits and top of the head are shaded with carmine, and there is a carmine stripe along 

 the middle of the dorsal, the edge of the fin being saffron-yellow and the base pearl-gray. 

 The anal is lake at the base, white along the middle, and saffron-yellow edged interiorly with 

 lake on the border. Pectorals yellow. Ventrals lake. Length of the drawing 12 inches. 

 Height of body at ventrals 1*15 inch. Height of dorsal anteriorly 0*48; of anal anteriorly 

 0-70 inch. 



Hab. China seas. Canton. 



Lophotes capellei, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 132. pi. 71 et 72. 



Hab. Sea of Japan. 



Tribus Heterosomata. 



Fam. Platessoideje. 



Platessa chinensis, Lacepede, iv. p.595 et 638. pi. 14. f. 1 ? (Pleuronectes), 

 Gray, Ind. Zool. pi. 94. f. 1 ; Icon. Reeves, 107, a et b ; Hardw. Malac. 

 261, 262. Chinese name, Hwa tsdng pe> "Variegated boiler nose" 

 (Birch) ; Hwa tsang pe (Reeves). Icon, piscium 24 a pictore Sinensi, &c. 



Mr. Reeves figures two examples of this species, one with the eyes on the right side, the 

 other on the left ; and the figure given by Mr. Gray in Hardwicke's ' Illustrations of Indian 

 Zoology,' was drawn from one of Mr. Reeves's Canton specimens deposited in the British 

 Museum. The general colour of the upper side is dull umber, clouded faintly with liver- 

 brown, with scattered small black spots, each surrounded by a pale ring. The fins are also 

 brown, and the vertical ones are marked by rather large, well-defined, roundish, dark liver- 

 brown spots, most crowded on the caudal, which is rhomboidal. Length 6 and 10 inches. 



Hab. Coasts of China. Canton. 



Platessa chinensis, var.? cceruleo-oculea. Icon. Reeves, 204 ; Hardw. 



Malac. 263. 



This seems to be from the drawing, for we have seen no specimen, to be a pale variety of 

 chinensis. The ground colour is bluish- gray, clouded with blackish-gray, and the spots are 

 dark blue with sky-blue borders ; the vertical fins are tile-red on their basal halves, and 



