102 LAERIBJE. 



series of spots. The anal has a broad brown margin, with an upper and lower blue line 

 and several longitudinal series of spots between them ; below this the fin is green, shaded 

 off into brownish violet at the base ; the latter colour is spotted with green. Caudal 

 brownish violet, with blue ocelli and a red margin. 



Length 20 inches. 



Zanzibar. 



We have named this fish after Sir H. E. Bartle Frere, G.C.S.I., Governor of Bombay, 

 whose assistance towards the publication of this work we gratefully acknowledge. 



CYMOLUTES, Gthr. 



349. Cymolutes prsetextatus. [250, 440.] 



Julis praetextata, Quoy £f Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Poiss. p. 112, pi. 15. f. 4; Cuv. &; Val. xiii. p. 508. 

 Xyrichthys torquatus, Cuv. §■ Val. xiv. p. 54, pi. 392. 



novaculoides, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. 1853, Amboyna, iii. p. 122. 



Novacula xyrichthyoides, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Lid. x. p. 488. 



Cymolutes prastextatus, Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 207; Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 146, t. 31. f. 1. 



Varietas nova. — Colour pale olive ; head immaculate ; body covered with narrow 

 brown lines angularly bent, the angle pointing backwards ; these are generally darker 

 on the shoulder. Sometimes a round brown spot below the lateral line and under the 

 sixth dorsal spine; out of four specimens this spot was absent in two. Dorsal pale 

 violet, with irregular reddish lines and spots ; the specimens without the lateral blotch 

 have a deep-black margin to the spinous portion. Anal uniform orange or rosy; 

 caudal orange, with yellowish transverse lines or spots. Ventrals and pectorals trans- 

 parent. 



Zanzibar. Mauritius. East-Indian archipelago. 



PSEUDODAX, Bleek. 



350. Pseudodax moluccensis. [449.] 



Odax moluccanus, Cuv. fy Val. xiv. p. 305, pi. 408. 



Pseudodax moluccanus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. i. p. 80, t. 22. f. 2, t. 18. f. 5. 



moluccensis, Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 208. 



Zanzibar. East-Indian archipelago. 



SCARICHTHYS, Bleek* 



351. Scarichthys auritus. [ 24 7-] 



Scarus auritus, (Kuhl §■ v. Hass.) Cuv. If Val. xiv. p. 218. 

 vaigiensis, Cuv. 6f Val. xiv. p. 214. 



* Undetermined specimen [46(5]. 



