SUPPLEMENT, 188S. 803 



equal in its highest portion to about one-thirtl the height of the body, and similar to the 

 anal. Caudal rounded. Colours — body and fins of a deep olive bistre, the body longitu- 

 dinally striated with about thirteen lines of sepia. An elongated patch of a black 

 colour, and having a grayish white margin filling up the middle half of the dorsal fin 

 from the elevcntli to the fifteenth ray. Caudal tawny with a wide central and vertical 

 brown band. Young. — Caudal tawny white with the band of pale Indian red. 



Habitat. — The larger example which is figured, is a little over 4 inches in length ; both 

 were taken on Xovember 27th, 18G2, at Saddle Island ofi Kyoukphyoo. 



Page 400. Add Plattqlossus javanicus. 



Julis javanicus, Bleeker, Java iv, p. 341. 



Halichcpres javanicus, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. i, p. 125, Labroidci, pi. xl, f. 3. 



Platyglossus javanicus, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 145. 



B. vi, D. tV. P- 15, V. 1/5, A. y\, C. 12, L. 1. 28. 



Length of head 3f , of caudal fin (3, height of body 4i to 4^ in the total length. Eyes — 

 diameter 4 in the length of the head, If diameters from the end of the snout, and f to 1 

 diameter apart. Fins — spines of dorsal fin not so high as the rays : caudal rounded. 

 Colours — of a brownish red becoming silvery along the abdomen, a vertical blue band 

 or spot behind the upper half of the orbit : some oblique red streaks on the head : a black 

 spot superiorly at the base of the pectoi-al fin. Dorsal fin reddish with two or three rows of 

 round yellowish spots, caudal of a similar colour but the spots irregularly disposed. 

 Anal fin reddish. 



Habitat. — Singapore and Colombo (Haly, Taprobanian, i, p. 1G5). 



Add Platyglossus ROSEns. 

 Page 401. Day., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 2G4. 



B. vi, D. W. P- 14, V. 1/5, A. tV, C. 14, L. 1. 28, L. tr. ^ 



Length of head 4|, of caudal fin 6j, height of body 3j in the total length. Eyes — 

 diameter ^ length of head, 1\ diameters from the end of snout and 1 apart. The greatest 

 width of the head equals half its length. Teeth — a posterior canine. Fiiis — caudal slightly 

 rounded : the length of the pectoral equals that of the head behind the middle of the eye : 

 outer ventral ray somewhat elongated. Scales — none on the head, those on chest 

 smaller than on the body. Colours — in a spirit specimen rosy, with a large black spot 

 behind the middle of the eye and a small one between the two first dorsal spines : two 

 narrow light bands pass from the eye to the snout : a broad orange band along the 

 suborbital ring of bones : body with dark and narrow horizontal bands in its anterior half, 

 while seven dark and wider bands pass from the back down the sides. A narrow light 

 band goes from the eye to the middle of the base of the caudal fin. Basal third of caudal 

 fin somewhat dark, with its outer edges light. 



Habitat. — Kurrachee in Sind. 



Page 408. Add CoRis Halei. 



Coris, sp. Haly, Taprobanian, i, 1886, p. 165. 



B. vi, D. Jt, V. 1/5, A. Jy. L- 1- 75, L. tr. 3/27. 



" Height of body 3 J of the total length, the length of head i. Fins — anterior dorsal 

 spine elevated, and equal to the height of the body. Co/owrs— body vinous-red, barred by 

 eleven purplish-gray stripes : each scale with a spot of brilliant emerald green. Head orange, 

 with violet, red-bordered stripes radiating from the eye, two of these unite to form a broad 

 band descending from the fourth dorsal spine, past the eye and the mouth to the subopercle. 

 A broad red band on the edge of the opercles. Dorsal fin red gray, with an orange 

 band covered with small blue spots : anal vinous-red, with an orange border and covered 

 with small blue spots. Caudal dark gray with large blue, black-edged spots." 



Habitat. — Ceylon. A somewhat allied species seems to exist in Coris Bleeheri, Hnbrecht, 

 Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1876 (4) xvii, p. 214. 



Page 413. Add Pseddoscarus bataviensis. 



Scarus bataviensis, Bleeker, Java, iv, p. 342. 



Fseudoscarus bataviensis, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. i, p. 48, t. xii, f. 3 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 231. 



B. V, D. ^, P. 14, V. 1/5, A. I, C. 13, L. 1. 25. 



Length of head 4, height of body 3J in the total length. J5?2/es— diameter 6 in the 

 length of the head, 2i diameters from the end of the snout. Teeth—two small ones at 

 the corner of either jaw. Fins— the dorsal spines of about the same length equalling one- 



