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Show 236 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON [Apr. 16, Trichys that has come to England, although there have been examples of it for many years in the Leyden Museum. The first one, a tailless individual, was described by Dr. Gunther as " Trichys lipura," under the circumstances detailed in his paper of the present year (supra, p. 75). Since, however, I differ from him as to the admissibility of the name ' lipura ' for a species which normally has a long tail, I propose now to rename the species accordingly. No better name can be found for it than of its original describer, whose judgment in forming a new genus for it is fully confirmed by an independent examination of its cranial characters, even after the downfall of the peculiarity supposed, and not unnaturally, to belong to it of not possessing any trace of a tail. As to the alleged applicability of Shaw's name " Hystrix fascicu-lata " to this Porcupine, I can only express m y entire agreement with Dr. Giinther's opinion (I. c.) that that name should stand as a synonym of Atherura macrura, L. The Kina Balu specimen, although only half-grown, shows all the characteristics of the genus, and is distinguishable at the first glance from Atherura by its short spines and narrow parallel-sided caudal bristles. 3. Second Account of the Fishes obtained by Surgeon- Major A. S. Gr. Jayakar at Muscat, East Coast of Arabia •*. By Gr. A. BOULENGER. [Received April 11, 1889.] (Plates XXV.-XXVIII.) At the close of last year the Natural History Museum received a second collection of Fishes from its generous correspondent at Muscat, Surgeon-Major A. S. G. Jayakar; this was shortly followed by a third, received a few days ago. Other examples of a number of the rare or new species enumerated in my preceding list having been sent again, I have, in some cases, been able to supplement my former descriptions; but all the species enumerated hereafter, and to which numbers are attached, are new to the fauna of Muscat. Eight of the known species are altogether new to the Indian Ocean, viz/:- Erythrichthys schlegeli, Pomatomus telescopium, Chcetodon modestus, Echeneis clypeata, Trigla capensis, Chilomycterus echinatus, Echinorhinus spinosus, and Rhinobatus schlegeli. Five species are considered to be new. The Sharks and Rays, which were hardly represented at all in the first collection, have now reached us in numbers, and, from the size and beauty of most of the skins, will, to say nothing of the great zoo-geographical interest that attaches to many of them, form a welcome addition to the Fish-Gallery of the Museum, where Mr. Jayakar's previous donations of large Sea-Perches, Scombroids, Sphyreenas, and Sword-fishes already have a conspicuous 1 Cf. P. Z. S. 1887, pp. 653-667. |
