BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 261 



297. Diagramma h^matochir. Bleek. 



Gunth. Cat. 1, p. 332. 



Dr. Bleeker first described this species, but subsequently in his 

 Atlas Ichthyologique, makes it a synonym of D. Goldmanni. I 

 believe the species to be distinct. 



Hab. — Hood Bay. 



299. Diagramma polyt^enla. Bleek. 

 Atl. Ichth. Perc, p. 23, tab. 17, fig. 3. Gunth. Cat. 1, p. 23. 

 " Manaha-cila-cila " of the natives. 

 China Straits. 



298. Diagramma radja. Bleek. 

 Atl. Ichth. Perc, p. 2C, tab. 14, fig. 1. Gunth. Cat. 1, p. 331. 

 Hab — Hood Bay. 



300. Diagramma unicolor. n. sp. 

 D. 12/20. A. 3/7. L. lat. 70. 



The height of the body is about 2 J times in the total length, 

 the length of the head four times. The eyes are large, the space 

 between them convex, covered with minute scales, and equal in 

 width to about one and a-half diameter of the orbit ; the distance 

 from the eye to the extremity of the snout, is about two diameters 

 of the orbit. The mouth is small, the lips thick, the maxillary 

 does not reach to the vertical from the eye, the cheek is clothed 

 with minute scales, the pneoperculum is minutely serrated on the 

 posterior limb ; the dorsal spines are strong, the fourth and fifth 

 largest ; the second and third anal spines about equal, the soft 

 dorsal is rounded behind, the anal pointed ; the caudal is spread- 

 ing and truncate. Colour uniform, dark gray in spirits, with a 

 greenish yellow tinge towards the belly. Length, lb' inches. 



" Sopa-sopa " of the natives. 



China Straits. 



301. Gerres Poeti. Cuv. and Val. 



Gunth. Cat. 1, p. 341. Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Perc, tab. 77, fig. 1. 

 From river in Milne Bay. 



