616 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL XXXIV. 
Family HEPATID. 
37- HEPATUS TRIOSTEGUS (Linnzus). 
Six specimens from Suva. 
Family TETRAODONTID 2. 
CANTHIGASTER RIVULATUS (Schlegel). 
Eumycterias biteniatus JENKINS, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., XIX, 1899, p. 400, 
figs: 
A single specimen of a Canthigaster collected by Mr. Berndt, when 
compared with examples of C. rivulatus of Misaki, Japan, leaves lit- 
tle doubt as to its identity with that form. A young individual of the 
same species, small and brightly colored, was described from Hono- 
lulu under the name Lumycterias biteniatus, by Doctor Jenkins. 
The second example from the same locality measures 64 inches in 
length. The stripes extending from the pectoral to the caudal are 
very indistinct, as is usually the case with adult Japanese examples, 
although this character is subject to a considerable amount of varia- 
tion. Radiating lines extending forward, downward, and backward 
from the eye, and dark vermiculations on the back are usually present 
in adults and absent in the young. Not seen in Fiji. 
38. TETRAODON HISPIDUS Linneus. 
A large specimen taken on the reef at [iji. 
Family BALISTLID 7. 
39. BALISTAPUS ACULEATUS (Linnzus). 
One specimen. 
XANTHICHTHYS LINEOPUNCTATUS (Hollard). 
One example from Honolulu market. 
Family SCORPAINID Ai. 
40. SYNANCEJA VERRUCOSA (Bloch and Schneider). 
One specimen. 
41. PTEROIS SAUSAULELE (Jordan and Seale). 
Two specimens. 
The group called Dendrochirus, to which this species belongs, is 
probably not distinct from Pierois. Its chief character is the absence 
