3. DASCVLLU8. 11 



Lutjanus trifasciatus, SI. Schu. p. 568. 



Holacanthus biaculeatus, Lacep. iv. pp. 528, 537. 



Holocentrus soimeratii, Lacep. iv. pp. 344, 391. 



Scorpa3na aculeata, Lacep. iii. pp. 258, 2(j8. 



Preuuias trifasciatus, Cuv. 4" Val. v. p. 405 ; Cuv. Eef/ne Anim. III. 



Poiss. pi. 32. tifr. 2 ; Schley. Overz. Amphipr. ^-c. in Verhand. Nat. 



Gesch. Nederl. (Jverz. Bezitt. p. 20. tab. 0. fig. G; Bkek. Verhand, Batav. 



Genootsch. xxi. Labr. CUm. p. 9. 



Var. y. 



Preninaa semicinctus, Cuv. ^- Val. v. p. 409. pi. 133. fig. 1 ; Bleek. Ver- 

 hand. Batav. Genootsch. xxi. Labr. Cten. p. 7 ; Giter. Iconocjr. R^gne 

 Anim. iii. pi. 19. fig, 5. 



Var. b. 



Chsetodon, sp., Sebii, iii. tab. 26. fig. ] 9. 



Premnas unicolor, Cuv. l^ Val. v. p. 410. 



Sargus ensifer, Gronov. Syst, ed. Gray, p, 66, 



B. 5-6, D, ^.. A. -V.- L. lat. 60-70. Cfec. pylor. 3. 

 Yert, i2_ 



Reddish-brown ; fins with a black margin. Generally three pcarl- 

 colourcd cross-band,s. 

 East Indian Arcliipclago. 



Var, a. The bands encircle the whole body, and the second and 

 third are produced on the middle of the side into a process pointing 

 forwards. 



Var. /3. The bands encircle the whole body, and have no process 

 anteriorly, 



a. Fine specimen. Coram, From the Collection of Fran Ida Pfeiffer. 



b. Half-grown. PhiHppine Islands, 



c. Adult female : skeleton. Amboyna, Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



Var. y. The bands do not descend beyond the middle of the side, 



Var. I. The bands are very indistinct. 



d. Adult : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



3. DASCYLLUS. 



Dascyllus, Cuv. Regne Anim. 

 Tetradrachmum, Cant. 3Ial. Fish. p. 240. 



Prxoperculum and sometimes the pneorbital serrated. Teeth small, 

 villiform, in a narrow band, with an outer series of somewhat larger 

 ones. Dorsal fin with twelve or thirteen (in D. pohj acanthus with 

 seventeen) spines, anal with two. Scales of moderate size, in less than 

 thirty transverse series. The lateral line ceases below the soft dorsal 

 fin. Branchiostcgals five ; gills three and a half ; pseudobranchia; 

 present ; air-bladder large. Pyloric appendages two or three. 



From the eastern coasts of Africa to Polynesia and Is^cw Zealand. 



