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the connecting membrane opaque and yellowish at the base ; scales 

 uniformly yellowish ; head brown and without scales except on 

 the operculum and a single row behind the eye. 



One specimen 9 inches long, and of a very compressed aspect. 



28. — Lethrinus punctulatus, n. sp. PI. VIII, fig. 2. 



D. 10/ 9j A. 3/ 8j L. lat. 45. 



Height of body rather over one-third of total length ; 

 profile straight ; snout about 1J diameter of the orbit from 

 the eye ; teeth sharply conical, canines small ; dorsal fin 

 rather high, the 4th, 5th, and 6th spines longest ; tail slightly 

 emarginate ; 3rd anal spine longer and weaker than the 

 2nd, and shorter than the rays ; 2nd ray of pectoral reaches to 

 the commencement of the anal ; dorsal and anal fins indistinctly 

 clouded or spotted with black, the other fins immaculate and of a 

 blackish hue ; general colour dark with a black patch between the 

 pectoral fin and the lateral line, and a series of vertical patches 

 of black, formed of clusters of small spots, along the entire length 

 of the body. I have a number of specimens of this species 

 averaging from 5 to 6 inches in length. Some of them are of a 

 much paler appearence than the one I have selected for description, 

 but they are all evidently of the same species, and do not answer 

 to any of those described by Gunther or figured by Bleeker. 



29. — Chrysophrys hasta, Bl. 



Chrysophrys longispinis, Cuv. and Val. Hist. Nat. des Poiss., Vol. 

 VI, p. 116. 



Chrysophrys hasta, Gunth. Cat. Fish., Vol. I, p. 490. 



Sparus hasta, Bleek. Atl. Ichthyol. des Ind. Or. Nederl. Perc. 

 Tab. 67, fig. 3. 



Family CH^TODONTIDJE. 



30. — Ch^todon oligacanthus, Blhr. 

 Gunth. Cat. Fish., Vol. II, p. 34. 

 A number of small specimens under two inches long. 



31. — Chaetodon aureofasciatus, n. sp., PI. VIII, fig. 3. 

 D. 11/21, A, 3/ 16 , u lat. 40. 



