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traversed by various fine furrows, or depressed lines, whose course will be better understood 

 by referring to the plates than by description. The spines are stronger than usual in the genus, 

 and are each composed of a longitudinal base, imbedded in the integument, and a central 

 subulate, acute stem rising from it through the skin at a right angle. These spines cover the 

 belly, from the chin to the anus, leaving the cheek naked, but rising before the gill-opening to 

 the temples and supra-scapular region. There are also five spines on the shoulder, behind and 

 above the pectoral fin, the spiny surface there being bounded above by the undulating lateral 

 line, and meeting beneath with the spiny ventral surface. The rest of the skin of the snout, 

 top of the head, cheeks, and body, is smooth and polished, the axillae of the pectorals alone 

 being finely and softly granular. Length, 8 inches. 

 Hab. River Sarawak, Borneo. 



Tetrodon meleagris, Solander. (Rich. Ichth. of Voy. of Sulph. p. 122. p. lvii. f. 1-3.) 

 We take this opportunity of adding a short extract form Solander's Manuscripts, relating to 

 this species. " Caro venenata. Totus e purpurascenti nigricans undique adspersis maculis, 

 parvis, numerosis, albidis etiam in pinnis. Spinulee breves rigidce, vix spinosce, subcartilaginece 

 sunt in vel sub cute totius animalis, exceptis pinnis, spar see, numerosce, in caudd rarce ; has 

 vivus retrahere et exserere potest, unde nunc uno nunc altero loco hispidus." — -Sol. MS. p. 79. 



TETRODON SOLANDRI. 



Tetrodon Solandri, Richardson, Zool. Toy. of Sulph. Fish, p. 125. 

 Tetrodon punctatits, Solander, MS. 



Since the figure and short description of this species were published in the work above 

 quoted, I have had an opportunity of again consulting Solander's manuscripts and Parkinson's 

 drawings, and find that I was in error in quoting T. cinctus of Solander, as a synonym of 

 the species, the error having arisen from the figures of punctatus and cinctus being on the 

 same leaf of Parkinson's volume, and being referred to by the same number. The following 

 is Solander's account of the species. 



"Tetrodon punctatus, D. 10; A. 9 ; C. 10; P. 17. "Taste." Totus piscis {excluso 

 abdomine) rufo-ferrugineus, punctis numerosis in corpore e viridijlavis, ubique circumcinctis, el 

 inter oculos striges numerosce ccerulece, in dorso etiam puncta oblong a evadunt utpotius strigce 

 appellanda. T. dixit, piscis intoxicat illos qui ilium edunt. Iris e viridijtava, annulo extero 

 aureo. Pnpilla nigra, annulo aureo. P. dorsi e glauco pellucida, basi carnoso nigricante, 

 sub qua linea coerulea. P. pectoris glauco-pellucidce. P. ani viridis, lineis duabus sordide 

 flavis. P. Cauda a basi ultra medium pallide olivacea punctis ut in corpore, postice e rubro 

 lutea, strigis transversis interruptis sen potius maculis oblongis, cceruleis, ipso apice cceruleo. 

 Abdomen setis brevibus hispidum, Jtaccidum e viridiflavum ; carina abdominis mollis, coerulea, 

 limitibus luteis ; linece ad later a carina, obsoletce, glaucae. Gula dilute crocea." — Sol. MS. 



