SUPPLEMENT, 1888. 801 



Page 381. Add Tetradeachmum teijiaculatum. 



Pomacentrus triviaculahis, Eiipp. Atl. Pische, p. 39, t. viii, f. 3. 



„ nuchalis, Benn. Life of Sir S. Raffles, p. 688. 



Bascyllus trimaculatus, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 441 ; Giintlier, Catal. iv, p. 13 ; Klunz. P. R. M. 



1871, p. 519. 

 Bascyllus jmicolor, Benn. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831, i, p. 127. 



„ niger, Bleeker, Yerh. Bat. Gen. xxi, Labr. &c. p. 10. 

 Sparus nigricans, pt. Gronov. ed. Gray, p. 61. 

 Tetradrachmum trimaculatum, Bleek, Atl. IcL. ix, Poma. t. x. f. 8. 



B. V, D. ri-\^, P- 17 V. 1/5, A. -,^l-„, C. 15 L. 1. 27, L. tr. 3/11, Coec. pyl. 3, Vert 11/14. 

 Length of head 4 to 4i, of caudal fin 5, height of body a little over half of the total 

 length. i?7/es— diameter 2'/5 of the length of the head, half a diameter from the end of 

 the" snout. Preopercle rather coarsely serrated. Scales — lateral-line ceases below the 

 soft dorsal fin, but is continued in the middle of the free portion of the tail, as one or 

 two holes in each scale. Colours— dee^t brown, vertical fins dark, becoming black at their 

 edges. A white spot at the nape, which is sometimes wanting, a second above the lateral- 

 line below the middle of the dorsal fin. 



Habitat.— Rei Sea, and east coast of Africa to Polynesia. In Sir Emerson Tennent's 

 account of Ceylon, Dr. Giinther gave this species as existing there, which has been 

 confirmed by Haly (Taprobanian, i, 1886, p. 166) who states it to be common at Colombo. 



Page 382. Pomacenteus teilineatus. Add synonym. 



Pomacentrus tripunctatus, emarginatus, vanicolensis and cTmjsurtis, Cuv. and Val. v, 



pp. 421, 422, 423. 

 Pristotis fuscus, Bleeker, Bali, p. 9. 

 Pomacentrus tceniops, Less. Voy. Coq. Poiss. p. 189, t. xviii, f. 1. 



„ l-atunko, tmniometopon and simsiang, Bleeker, Timor, p. 1G9, Amboina and Ceram. 



p. 283, and Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. 1856, xi, p. 90. 

 Pomacentrus lilineafus, Castlenau, P. Z. S. Victoria, ii, p. 89. 

 Page 384. For Pomacentehs albofasciatus read P. PEOSOPOTiENiA. 



Omit synonyms, and insert 



Pomacentrus prosopotainia, Bleeker, Singapore, p. G7. 



Page 384. For Pomacentrus punctatcs read P. livithis. Add synonyms. 



Chcetodon lividus, Forsk. Desc. Anim. p. 227. 

 Eupomacentrus lividus, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. Pomac. t. iv, f. 5. 



Page 386. Add Gltphidodon melas. 



Cuv. and Val. v, p. 472 ; Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen. xxi, Labr. Cte. p. 23 ; Schlegel, Ov. 

 Amph. &c. Vcrh. Nat. Gen. Ned. Overz. Bez. p. 23, pi. v, f. 2 ; Gunther, Catal. iv, p. 45 ; 

 Playfair and Giinther, Fish. Zanz. p. 83. 

 Glyphidodou atcr, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 473. 

 Paraglyphidodon melas, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. ix, t. cccciv, f. 4. 

 Nga yanga ap'hyoo, Arracan. 



B. V, D. 13/13-14, P. 17, V. 1/5, A. T^j^Tir. C. 17, L. 1. 28, L. tr. 3/10. 

 Length of head 4, of caudal fin 5, height of body 2^ in the total length. Eyes— 

 diameter Si in the length of the head, 1 diameter from the end of the snout. The depth 

 of the anterior portion of the suborbital ring of bones equals that of the preorbital. 

 Teef/i— narrow compressed. Fins— dorsal spines rather short, increasing in length 

 posteriorly, the soft portion of dorsal and anal somewhat rounded, caudal slightly 

 emarginate. Lateral-line— ceases below hind edge of dorsal spines. CoZowrs— neutral 

 sepia or dusky, with a greenish tinge beneath : fins black or a little diluted at their bases. 

 Scales edged darker. 

 Ealitat.—Ued Sea, east coast of Africa, Burma to the Malay Archipelago. 



Page 387. Gltphidodon antjeeius. Add synonyms. 



Glyphisodon leucopoma, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 480. 



„ xanthozona and phaiosoma, Bleeker, Sumatra ii, p. 283 and Verh. Bat. Gen. 



xxii, Bali. p. 9. 

 Glyphidodon dispar, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 53. 



,, cingulus, alhovinctus and henimelas, Kner, Sitz. Wien. Ak. 1867, Ivi, p. 725, Iviii, 



p. 351, xviii, p. 351, f. 25. 

 Ghjpliidodon zonatus, unimaculatus, modesties and cj/awews, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. Pomac. t. x, f. 2. 

 Ghjphidodontops antjerius, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. Pomac. t. xi, f. 2. 



