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from Port Jackson and Lord Howe Island will have to be referred 
to Xesurus. 
Xesuuus maculatus, Ogilby . 
Prionurus maculatus , Ogilby, Proc. Xool. Soc. 1887, p. 395. 
At separate times three examples of this species were received 
from the island ; they were included in gatherings by Messrs. 
Langley and Icely. Although the type was described from a 
specimen taken on the coast of New South Wales, it is more than 
probable that the species is commoner around the island than on 
the shores of the mainland. 
Naseus unicornis, Forskal. 
Two examples have been received, one in March, 1891, from 
Mr. Langley, and the other in August, 1899, from Mrs. T. 
Nicholls. Macleay has recorded the species from Torres Straits. 
Alutera monoceros, Osbeck . 
The known distribution of this species is now considerably 
extended, Mr. lccly having in 1894 obtained two examples from 
the Island. It had not been previously recognised from Australia. 
It has also beeu recently added to the known fauna of the United 
States by Dr. Hugh M. Smith, in reference to which Dr. D. S. 
Jordan publishes an interesting notice.* He therein expresses 
the opinion that the example represents a species distinct from 
A. monoceros . 
Ostracion cubicus, Linnceus. 
We have received, at various times, a number of specimens 
from the Island. Although not recorded from Eastern Australia, 
this species has been taken on its northern and southern coasts. 
Amblyriiyncuotus oblongus, j Bloch. 
The only adult example I have seen from the Island was 
brought by Mr. Icely in 1895, but there are two small examples 
of older date in the collection which are possibly also referable to 
A. oblongus. The species was not recorded from the east coast of 
the mainland until 1898, when it was obtained by the Thetis 
Expedition. 
Ovoides meleagris, Lacepede. 
Tetrodon meleagris , Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1798, i., p. 505. 
In January, 1895, Mr. Icely brought us a small “ Tetrodon,” 
which I have identified with this Polynesian species. 
* D.S. J. — American Naturalist, xxxiv., 1900, p. G9. 
