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dorsal is stout, and the third is as tall as the second, and rises considerably above the edge of 

 the furrow which receives the fin. The dew-lap is not greatly distensible, and presents no 

 resemblance of rays. 



Our specimens are streaked and dotted with black, in the directions of the centres of 

 the scales, but the pigment seems to be perishable, and the specimens are not in a perfect 

 state, so that the proper colours cannot be described. Length, from one to six inches. 



Hab. Sea of China. 



Sir Edward Belcher's collection contains several other Batistes, such as 



BALISTES ACULEATUS, Lin. Bl. pi. 149. 

 Batistes ornatus, Solander, MS., An. Oceani Pacifici, p. 93. Parkins. Icon. pi. 59, Mus. Banks. 



This species has an extensive range, and appears to be abundant in most places where it 

 is found. Sir Edward Belcher's collection contains several specimens. The following is 

 Solander's account of it. 



"Balistes ornatus, (B. acideatus, L. Syst. 406-6, sectmdam, Sebam.) "Aer'h. Aelhitea." 



" Piscis supra medium antice pallide olivaceus, poslice fuliginosus infra medium albicans. 



Maxilla sordide lutescentes. Fascia intense ccerulea supra maxillam superiorem, unde vitta 



utrinque ad latera capitis, paulo pone basin pinna pectoralium extensa lutea. Inter oculos 



fascia quatuor ccerulea. Infra oculos ad basin pinnarum pectoralium fasciae tres angusta 



ccerulea. Infra medium corpus fascia quatuor obliqua. Prima incipiens paulo pone pinnas 



pectoris ad anum extenditur : Secunda angustissima pinna parallela : Tertia prima similis : 



Quarto inferne flavescens. In caudd quatuor ordines spinarum nigrarum. P. D. 1 ma. 



cmndescenti-pallida : 2da. pellucida. Anus intense cmruleus. Iris lulescens. Pupilla nigra. 



Cauda intra aculeos glaucescens. Pinna pectoris pellucida immaculata." 



Hab. Polynesia, Australia, Malay Peninsula, Seas of Borneo and China. 



BALISTES VERRUCOSUS, Linn. (Cuv. Begn. An.) 



Balistes pralin, Lacep. vol. i. p. 365. 

 Hab. Sea of China, Polynesia. 



BALISTES RECTANGULUS, Bl. Schn. 



Batistes angulatus, Solander, MS. Anim. Oceani Pacif. p. 57. Park. Icon. Bibl. Banks, no. 58. 



Solander's description is as follows : — 



"Balistes angulatus. "Aedhi, Oedi, or Oehli." 



" Superne sc. caput superne et superna pars corporis ex olivaceo castanea. Gula, pectus, 

 abdomen ad anum usque alba. Labia cinerea. Arcus cceruleics supra labium superius. Striga 



