BY CHARLES W. DE VIS, M.A. 885 



scales. Tail subtruncate. Dorsal spines gi'adually lengthening 

 posteriorly. Lateral line deflected on the 20th scale. Tubules 

 simple except the first three which are bifid. 



Pale yellowish (dry). Trace of a black spot behind the orbit, of 

 a curved mark from the angle of the mouth across the preopercle, 

 of a bluish coloration on the opercle and a dark one on the 

 sides of the trunk. A small dark spot on the base of the pectoral 

 Scales of the posterior part of the body with one, occasionally two, 

 dark brown dots, of the fore part below the lateral line each with 

 a dark vertical streak. 



Length, 6 inches. Locality, Barrier Reef. 



Platyglossus punctatus. 

 D. 9/11. A. 2/11. Lat. 30. Tr. 3/10. 

 The height of the body and length of the head are each 4J in the 

 total length. Caudal rounded. Light pinky yellow, each scale of 

 the upper parts with a small blue spot on the base. A blue edged 

 pearly 1 bar from the orbit to the snout. A dark blotch behind 

 the orbit and a light crimson one below it. 



Locality, Murray Island. Collected by Mr. K. Broadbent. 



Platyglossus amabilis. 

 D. 9/11. A. 3/11. Lat. 30. Tr. 3/10. 



The height of the body and length of the head are each (nearly) 

 4 in the total length. Caudal rounded. Pale green. A pale 

 violet bar from the snout through the eye over the operculum. A 

 second from the angle of the mouth over the operculum, a third 

 from the side of the chin over the suboperculum to the abdomen, a 

 fourth along the chest and abdomen. A faint spot behind the 

 orbit. Caudal largely tipped with rich violet and with a spot of 

 the same on the upper part of its base. 



Locality, Murray Island. Collected by Mr. K. Broadbent. 



Platyglossus equinus. 

 D. 9/11. A. 2/10. Lat. 27. Tr. 2/8. 

 The height of the body is 4!, the length of the head 3| in the 

 total length. Caudal a little rounded. First ventral ray produced. 



