F i s h e s .
J a c u l a t o r .
H urs R a y .
G r e a t T u n n y .
Z o o p h y t e s .
T h e wonders among the fifties are the Chcetodon Rojlralus, or
Jaculator, Phil. Tranf. vol. liv. 89. tab. 9.; the Scicena, vol. lvi.
186. tab. 8.; and' the Spa'rus Infidiator o f Pallas, Spicil fafcy
viii. 41. tab. 5. fig. 1. ; all remarkable for their method o f laying
in wait for infects, and by fpoutitig out of their mouths a drop
o f water, difable the prey from getting out of their reach. In Batavia
thefe fifties are kept in great va&s for the amufement of
the gentry, by obferving the curious ceconomy bellowed on
them by nature for the entrapping the infect tribe.
T h e Ray, w h i c h f u r n i ih e s t h e tu b e r c u l a t e d i k i n c a lle d b y t h e
Engli/h jo in e r s Hurs, a n d w h i c h is a l fo u f e d in f t e a d o f Shagreen,
as c a u g h t in th e lie f e a s ; i t is o f t h e Whip Ray k in d ; t h e f l e n d e r
l o n g t a i l a p t e r o u s , a n d b e f e t w i t h f t io r t f p in y tu b e r c l e s . S i r Jo-
fepb Banks h a d o n e b r o u g h t t o h im a t Batavia, b u t b e f o r e h e
c o u ld e x am in e i t f a r t h e r , t h e in c u r io u s c o o k h a d p r e p a r e d i t f o r
t h e p o t .
T h e great funny, Br. Zool. hi. N° 133, the Orcinus <Jf Ron-
deletius, extends to this coaft. Bontius fays, that the Javanefe
name is lean Bouda, or the Horfe Fijh. Our Burbolt, Br. Zool. iii.
N" 14, is found in the freih waters of this diftant country.
T h a t molt curious Star Fijh the AJlerias Echinites, with
twenty rays, covered with moveable fpines, like the Echini, has
been found on the Batavian fide o f the illand. It is finely engraven
by Mr. Ellis, in the 60th tahle o f his Zoophytes, and de-
fcribed at p. 206.
In the fame fea is found the [Gorgonia Umbraculum, Ellis, 80.
tab. 10. That gentleman has in the fame work favored us with
numbers of the Zoophytes o f the Indian feas.. 1 cannot exadtly
.9. afcertain
a f c e r t a in t h e i r p la c e s , - b u t t h i n k I- c a n n o t e r r in g i v i n g t h em as
n a t iv e s o f t h i s g r e a t a r c h ip e la g o ;
Antipatbes Ulex, Ellis, 100. tab. 19. fig. 7.
Pennatula Argentea, 66. tab. 8. fig. 1. 2.
Millepora Ccerulea, 142. tab. 12. fig. 4. Streights o f Sunda ini
immenfe mafles.
Madrepora Fafcicularis, 151/tab. 30.
Antbrophyllites, 151. tab. 29.
Fajiigiata, 152. tab. 33.
Hirtilla, 155. tab. 37.
Afpera, 156. tab. 39.
Cinerafcens, 157. tab. 43.
Pileus, 159. tab. 45.
Areolata, 161. tab. 47.
Meandrites, 161. tab. 48.
Abdita, 162. tab. 50.
Folio/a, 164. tab. 52. Thefe laft are ufually ranked
among Marine Fungita.
Seriata, 171. tab. 31.
Porusf 172. tab. 47.
Mr. MARTYN,the conchyolbgift, communicated to me a moil
curious vermes% which ihall conclude this lift. It was fifhed up
off the ifland of CaJJirhata, June 30th, 1781, by Captain Toung,
o f the Vatiftttarf, was extremely fenfible, and on being touched,
affumed .the form o f a purfe.
* M id , Fafciculata, engraven in Dr. Shaw’s elegant work the Naturalift’s Mifcellany,
vol. vi. tab. 214. E .
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