3J8 ACANTHOPTERTGII. 



7. Platijglossus Jcawarin, D. -^^t ^- tVi ^j. 1- 28-29. Head witli blue lines and spots. Eacb scale below 

 lateral-line with a central rosy spot forming longitudinal bands. A black spot from last dorsal spine to second 

 ray. Andamans to the ]\Ialay Archipelago. 



8. I'latij'jhssxis nelulosus, D. y"y, A. -^, L. 1. 2S. Body with light and dark blotches and spots. Two 

 lilack spots on dorsal fin. Red Sea and seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



9. Platyglosms scapularis, D. y"y, A. -^, L. 1. 27. A broad red, blue-edged band from the shoulder to the 

 back of the tail. Red Sea, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



10. Platijglossus himaculatus, D. ^, A. y\, L. 1. 27. Violet bands radiating from the eye. A black 

 ■nhite-edged spot under the ninth or tenth scales of the lateral-Una. Red Sea, East coast of Africa, seas of 

 India. 



1. Platyglossus notopsis, Plate LXXXIV, fig. 4. 



Julis notopsis, (Kuhl. and v. Hass.) Blccker, Sumatra, ii, ji. 290. 



.'' Julis notopsis, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 48.5. 

 • Julis phai opus, Bleeker, Sumatra, ii, p. 291 (old age). 



Platyglossus notopsis, Bleeker, Labr. p. 11, and Atl. Ich. i, p. Ill, t. xli, figs. 1 and 2 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, 

 p. 154. 



B. vi, D. -j"5-, P. 13, V. 1/.5, A. W- C. 14, L. 1. 27-29, L. tr. 3,11. 



Length of head 4 to 4^, of caudal 6 to (j\, height of body Z\ to 3f in the total length. i?;/e.?— diameter 

 '.^ in length of head, about 1 diameter from end of snout and also apart. Fins — dorsal spines two-thiixls the 

 height of the rays : caudal rounded. Colours — purplish-brown, with four or five red longitudinal bands. Two 

 black ocelli on the dorsal fin, largest in the young : the smaller one between the first and second spines : the 

 larger between the third and sixth rays, and being encircled by a light ocellus, there are one or two rows of 

 round light spots on the fin posterior to the large black one : caudal with a yellow band at its base, and yellow 

 edges. The young are much darker than the adults, having light longitudinal narrow lines and three white 

 spots on the back, the anterior of which is usually continued on to the dorsal fin between the sixth and seventh 

 spines : the third spot is on the summit of the free portion of the tail. 



Hahitat. — Audamans to the Malay Archipelago. The one figured is life-size. 



2. Platyglossus Hyrtlii, Plate LXXXVIII, fig. 1. 

 Julis mala, pt. Cantor, Catal. p. 238 ; Jerdon, M. J. L. and Sc. 18G1, p. 135. 

 Julis (Halichferes) Hyrtlii, Bleeker, Manado. p. 60. 



Halichreres Hyrtlii, Bleeker, Labr. p. 280, and Atl. Ich. i, p. 121, t. 39, f. 2. 

 Platyglossus hyHclii, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 149. 



Platyglossus Hyrtlii, Peters, Mouats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1868, p. 270. 

 Platyglossus hifasciatus, Steind. Verb. z. b. Ges. Wien, 1866, p. 477, t. v, f. 2. 



B. Ti, D. t/_t3, p. 14, V. 1/5, A. i^, C. 14, L. 1. 27-28, L. tr. 2/12. 



Length of head 4i- to 4|, of caudal 7, height of body 4i to 5 in the total length. Ei/es— diameter 5 in 

 length of head, nearly 2 diameters from end of "snout, and 1| apart. J'r/ts— caudal rounded. Co/om)-s— olive 

 colour along the back, becoming white along the abdomen : two brownish-black longitudinal bands : the superior 

 united on the snout with that of the opposite side, is continued along the side of the base of the dorsal fin : the 

 inferior commencing on the snout passes through the eye to the centre of the base of the caudal fin where it 

 ends in a black spot, in its course it is inten-upted on the opercle by a bright red spot. Dorsal fin anteriorly 

 with two, posteriorly with tln-ee rows of spots, the reticulations forming which are very distinct between the 

 first and third spines. Caudal similarly reticulated. Pectoral with a dark spot superiorly at its base. 



Amongst my Andamanese fish is one of the young of tliis species 1 inch in length. For the specimen 

 fio'iircd, which is from the Malay Archipelago, I am indebted to Dr. Hubrecht of Leyden. 



Habitat. — Audamans to the JMalay Archipelago. 



3. Platyglossus marginatus, Plate LXXXIV, figs. 5 and 6 (variety.) 



HalicluBreS marginatus, Ru]))i. N. W. Pische, p. 16. 



Julis marginata, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 490. 



Julis annularis, (Kuhl. and v. Hass.) Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 482 ; Kner, Labr. p. 12 ; Bleeker, Sumatra, 

 1853, p. 518. 



Platyglossus annularis, Bleeker, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 411. 



Platyglossus marginatus, Bleeker, Labr. p. 283, and Atl. Ich. i, p. 109, t. xli, f. 3; Giinther, Catal. iv, 

 p. 160 ; Klunz. Verb. z. b. Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 545. 



B. vi, D. y^'yj, P. 13, P. 1/5, A. ^, C. 15, L. 1. 27, L. tr. 3.}/10. 



Length of head 4J to 4|, of caudal 6.i, height of body 3^ to Sf in the total length. J^yes— diameter 

 41 to 5 in the length of head. If to 2 diameters from end of snout, and fi apart. Dorsal profile somewhat 

 concave above the orbits, i^/us— caudal shghtly rounded. CoZomcs— blackish-green : head and anterior part of 

 the body with undulating grass-green streaks edged with blue. K'umeixsus red blue-edged streaks and spots on 



