278 report — 1845. 



bluish- or blackish-gray towards their borders. The spots as in chinensis, with the addition 

 of a few on the ventrals. 



Hab. Chinese coasts. Canton. 



Platessa velafracta, Icon. Reeves, 105 ; Hardw. Malac. 264. Chinese 

 name, Hwa po pung, "Variegated sail-fish" (Birch); Fa po pang, "Va- 

 riegated broken mat" (Reeves); Fa po pung (Bridgem. Chrest. 145). 



This drawing differs little in appearance from 107, Platessa chinensis. The ground tint 

 and shadings are nearly the same, the black spots want the pale borders, and the blotches on 

 the fins run into each other and form a border of grayish-black. The caudal is less rhom- 

 boidal and more rounded at the end. 



Hab. Coasts of China. Canton. 



Platessa balteata, Icon. Reeves, 205 ; Hardw. Malac. 259. Chinese 

 name, Popung, " Broken sail " (Birch); Popung, " Broken mat flounder " 

 (Reeves, Bridgem. Chrest. 54). 



This has the same Chinese appellation with chrysoptera which follows, the same regularly 

 oval form and the brownish-red ground tint, interspersed with a few small darker points and 

 crossed by several dark brown bands, one on the nape, another broad one behind the pec- 

 torals, a forked one further back, and a narrow one on the tail. The vertical fins are speckled 

 with dark brown. Caudal rhomboidal. Length of drawing 7f inches. 



Hab. Coasts of China. Canton. 



Platessa chrysoptera, Bloch, Schn. (Pleuronectes), p. 151 ? Icon. 

 Reeves, 104 ; Hardw. Malac. 260. Chinese name, Po pung, " Broken 

 sail " (Birch) ; Po pang, " Broken mat " (Reeves) ; Po pung (Bridgem. 

 Chrest. 54). 



Mr. Reeves's drawing 104 answers better than any other one in his portfolio to the short 

 characters of chrysoptera contained in Schneider's edition of Bloch, and this is our only rea- 

 son for considering it to be the same species. 



The ground tint of the drawing is brownish-red or orange-coloured brown, with numerous 

 minute specks of umber and irregular rings of the same equally dispersed over the body with 

 paler dull areas. The fins are wax-yellow, with reddish rays spotted with brown. Caudal 

 fin subrhomboidal. Length of specimen 10 inches. 



A specimen in the Chinese collection at Hyde Park has conical teeth on the lower jaw and 

 near the symphysis of the upper one, with smaller ones laterally, and a prominent smooth 

 acute interorbital ridge. 



Hab. Chinese coasts. Canton. 



Platessa asperrima, Temm. et Schl. F.J. Sieb. pi. 91. (Letter-press not 

 yet published.) 

 Hab. Sea of Japan. 



Hippoglossus dentex, Richardson, Ichth. of Sulph. p. 102. pi. 47. Icon. 

 Reeves, 195; Hardw. Malac. 267. Chinese name, Tso kow, " Mouth on 

 the left" (Birch); Tsokau, "Left mouth" (Reeves); Tso hau (Bridgem. 

 Chrest. 147). Pad. B. 7 ; D. 47 ; A. 33 ; C. 18 ; P. 17 ; V. 1|5. 



Hab. Coasts of China. Canton. 



Hippoglossus orthorhynchus, Icon. Reeves, 106; Hardw. Malac. 266. 



Chinese name, Ching pe, " Straight nosed (Birch) ; " True nose " 



(Reeves); Ching pi (Bridgem. Chrest. 146). 



We have seen no specimen of this. The figure represents the dorsal as commencing much 

 further back than in the preceding ; the ground colour as broccoli-brown, with a darker 

 clove-brown bar running between the middles of the dorsal and anal, and blending with bars 

 or shadings of the same tint which cover shoulder and arch over the pectoral. The vertical 

 fins are also broccoli-brown, with a few obscure darker blotches. Pectorals yellowish-brown 

 with fine dark speckling. 



Hab. Coasts of China. Canton. 



