274 THE FISHES OF NEW GUINEA, 



366. Platyglossus melanurus. Bleek. 

 Atl. Ichth. Labr., p. 109, tab. 46, fig. 1. Gunth. Cat. 4, p. 148. 

 South Cape. 



367. Platyglossus Geoffboyi. Quoy. and Gaim. 



Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Labr., p. 129, tab. 37, fig. 5. Gunth. Cat. 4, 

 p. 145. 



Hood Bay. 



368. Platyglossus guttatus. Bl. 



Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Labr., p. 124, tab. 35, fig. 1. Gunth. Cat. 4, 

 p. 155. 



369. Platyglossus margaritaceus. n. sp. 



D. 7/11. A. 2/11. L. lat. 25. 



Of compressed form. The height of the body rather more than 

 one-fourth of the total length ; snout pointed, teeth prominent. 

 Eyes small ; tail truncate. Colour (in spirits) yellowish, darker on the 

 top of the head, with a broad pearly stripe more or less edged with 

 black, extending from the operculum to, or nearly to, the tail, there 

 seems to have been also a large oval pearly spot on the operculum. 

 The fins are yellow, with a small black spot on the first dorsal 

 spine, the last anal ray, and on the middle of the uppermost and 

 lowest caudal rays. Hood Bay. 



370. Novacula macrolepidota. Bl. 

 Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Lab., tab. 31, fig. 6. Gunth. Cat. 4, p, 174. 

 Hula, Hood Bay. 



371. NOVACULA PENTAD ACT YLA. L. 



Bleek. Atl. Ichth, Labr., tab. 30, fig. 4. Gunth. Cat. 4, p. 177. 

 Hood Bay. 



372. Julis dorsalis. Quoy. and Gaim. 



Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Labr. p. 94, tab. 34, fig. 4. Gunth. Cat. 

 4, p. 190. 



Engineer Group. 



