244 nrn.vA, its people .\.\d productioxs. 



L. DiiiiDiATrs, Cuv. ct Vul. 



B. V. ; D. To^T-; p. 13; V. ',; A. .'„- ; C. 14. 



"White, with a bhiek band to the caudal, with a bond just before that tin. 

 A blaeli band from the anal to caudal, joining the last. Dorsal dark-banded. 

 The Andamans. 



Che' LINUS, Curier. 



Teeth in one row. A pair of eauines in both jaws, but no jjosterior canine. 



C. cnLORURUs, Bloch. 



B. V. ; D. V-; P. 11 ; V. i; A. 1; C. 12. 



Olive brown, with round yellow spots on the cheeks, and a yellow streak from 

 the eye to the gape. Body s])arina;ly yellow-dotted. A yellow mark on the soft dorsal. 

 Spinous dorsal olive, with red edges. Soft dorsal reddish. Anal, ventral, and caudal 

 yellow-dotted. 



The Andamans. 



C. TRILOBATUS, LaCt'p. 



B. v.; D. -,^r; P. 12; V. 1; A. f; C. 13. 



Greyish brown, with red spots, and narrow stripes on tlie head. Vertical fins 

 green, the dorsal ami anal with red margins. A dark spot at the base of the middle 

 dorsal rays. Grows to ;') feet. 



The Andamans. 



EriBULUs, Cuvier. 



Mouth very protractile. Teeth as in Cheilinm. 



E. STEIATUS, Day. 



B. V. ; T).-h; P. 11 ; V. i; A. f ; C. 13. 



Greenish brown, with five narrow milk-white vertical bonds. A white line 

 between the orbits, another joining them, and a third from the eye to the snout. 

 Fins dark, save the soft dorsal and the anal terminally, which are white. 



The Andamans. 



Anampses, Cuvier. 



Teeth in one row, the anterior pair above, and below projecting forwards and 

 compressed with cutting edges. No posterior canine. 



A. CJERULEO-PUNCTATUS. Riipp. 



B. vi.; D. tV; p. 12; V. I; A. -.A.; C. 13. 



Reddish brown, several bluish vertical (.sic) lines radiate from the orbit. E:ich 

 scale on the body with a blue spot darkly annulated, fins reddish, the dorsal with 

 three rows of blue spots, the anal and caudal likewise blue-spotted. 



The Andamans. 



Hemigymnus, Gilnthcr. 



Lips very fleshy, the lower notched, the lateral segments pendant. Teeth much 

 as in Labroides. Scales large, but a strip of very small ones on the cheek. 



H. MEI.APTEEUS, Bloch. 



Lahrichthys bicolor, Day. 

 B. vi.; D. A; P. 13; V. i; A. -A-; C. 15. 



A posterior canine usually concealed by the skin. Bluish, above brown, yel- 

 lowish below. A dark mark behind the orbit. Scales blue-dotted. Caudal dark. 

 The Andamans. 



Stethojulis, Giinther. 



A posterior canine, but no anterior ones. 



