8. HELIASTES. 61 



2. Heliastes axillaris. 



Bennett, Proc. Comm. Zuol. Soc. 1831, p. 128. 



T> '* A A 

 ^- Yi- ^- li- 



Axil black ; caudal and anal fins blackish-blue. (Benn.) 

 Mauritius. 



3. Heliastes insolatus. 

 Cuv. ^ Val. V. p. 494. pi. 137. 



^- li- ^- Yr ^- ^'^t- 27- L. transv. 2/9. Caec. pylor. 2. 



The height of the body is one-half of the total length (the caudal 

 fin not included). Caudal fin emarginate, with the lobes rounded ; 

 the length of the second anal spine is more than one-half of that 

 of the head. Brownish (in spirits), with metallic reflexions ; the 

 scales on the upper side of the head and on the anterior part of the 

 back with a blue dot. 



Young specimens with two blue lines along the forehead, con- 

 vergent on the snout, and with a black spot immediately behind the 

 dorsal fin. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult. Caribbean Sea. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 h-d. Young. Island of Cordova. Presented by J. U. Skinner, Esq. 



4. Heliastes crusma. 



Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 510 ; Jenyns, Zool. Beayle, Fishes, p. 54 ; Gay, Hist. 

 Chil. Zool. ii. p. 206. lam. 4. fig. 1 ; Cuv. mgmAnim. III. Poiss. pi. 33. 

 fig. 2. 



D. 1^. A. jA_. L. lat. 27-29. L. transv. 3/11. 



The height of the body is one-half of the total length (the caudal 

 fin not included). Caudal fin forked, with the lobes pointed. 

 Brownish-ohve. 



Coasts of Chile. 



a-h. Eight to nine inches long : have been in chloride of zinc. 

 Chile. From Mr. Bridges' Collection. 



5. Heliastes cinerascens. 



Cuv. Sf Val. v. p. 495 ; Schley. Overz. Amphipr. in Verhand. Nat. Gesch. 

 Nederl. Overz. Bezitt. p. 24. pi. 6. fig. 5 : Bleak. Lahr. Cten. p. 31. 



D. H. A. A. L. lat. 24. L. transv. ^. 



The height of the body is four-ninths of the total length (the 

 caudal not included) ; dorsal spines rather slender ; anal spine shorter 

 than the rays ; caudal fin forked. Uniform greyish -olive. 



Molucca Sea. 

 a. Adult. Molucca Sea. 



