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NOTES FROM THE AUSTRALIAN MUSE CM 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW CORIS FROM THE NEW 



HEBRIDES. 



By E. P. Ramsay, F.R.S.E., and J. Douglas Ogilby. 



CORIS VARIEGATA. Sp. nOV. 



B. VI. ; D. 9/12 ; A. 3/12 ; V. 1/5 ; P. 13 ; C. 14 : L. lat. 63 ; 

 L. tr. 



Length of head 3§, of caudal fin 6, height of body 4^ in the 

 total length. Diameter of eye J of the length of the head, equal 

 to that of the snout, eyes half a diameter apart. Jaws equal ; 

 maxilla extends to the vertical from the front margin of the eye. 

 The two front teeth in either jaw elongate ; those behind them 

 grow gradually smaller towards the back ; no posterior canine. 

 The dorsal rays are somewhat longer than the spines, which 

 increase in length from the front ; the pectoral is § of the length 

 of the head ; the ventral ^ of the same ; caudal rounded. Colors, 

 anterior parts to the end of the pectoral rays pale yellowish-brown 

 studded with numerous round dark reddish-brown, almost black 

 spots largest on the opercles ; the posterior part of the body 

 uniform chestnut, the division being sharply marked and oblique. 

 First eight dorsal spines light-colored with small chesnut spots ; a 

 large black pale-edged ocellus, which does not reach the margin of 



