122 LABBID^. 



3. Duyraseria spilogaster. 



Crenilabrus spilogaster, Bleok. Japan, p. 416, and Verhaml. Batav. Ge- 



nootsch. xxvi. N. Nalez. Japan, p. 113. tab. 8. fig. 2. 

 Duyniaeria spilogaster, JBIvek. Act. Sue. Sc. Indo-Nederl. i. p. 64 



D. ^. A. |-. L. lat. 26. 



Posterior canine tooth? Prseoperculum distinctly serrated, with 

 two series of large scales. Anal spines strong. Brownish-yellow, 

 anteriorly and posteriorly with a violet shade ; a violet spot on the 

 operculum ; body with violet dots disposed in longitudinal series ; 

 caudal yellow, with violet margin. {Bl.) 



Sea of Nagasaki. 



4. Duymaeria filamentosa. 



Uossyphus filamentosus, Peters in Wiegm. Ar.ch. 1855, p. 263. 

 D. l^- A. l^. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 2/7. 



Two small posterior canine teeth on each side of the upper jaw. 

 The membrane behind each dorsal and anal spine is prolonged into a 

 very long black filament, sometimes nearly as long as the head. 

 Green, with fine vertical blue lines below the eye ; occiput with 

 black dots ; back and lateral lino with black spots irregularly distri- 

 buted ; the middle of the side of the body with lighter S2)ots and 

 black dots ; all the fins, except the pectorals, variegated with darker 

 and lighter. 



Mozambique. 

 a. Adult. Mozambique. From Prof. Peters's Collection. 



5. Duymaeria cseruleomaculata. 

 D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 2/8. 



Two posterior canine teeth on each side of the upper jaw ; prse- 

 operculum distinctly serrated ; anterior dorsal spines with yellow 

 filiform lobes. Brownish-olive (in a dried state), each scale with a 

 large blue spot in the centre. 



Aneiteum (New Hebrides). 



a. Stuffed. From Mr. MacgQlivray's Collection. 



Description of the specimen. — With regard to the general form, this 

 species does not differ from its congeners. The height of the body is 

 contained three times and one-third in the total length, the length of 

 the head three times and a half. Each of the jaws anteriorly with 

 four canine teeth, the outer of which are bent outwards. Cheek with 

 two series of scales ; prseoperculum with the limbs naked, and with 

 the posterior limb distinctly serrated. Pectorals rounded ; spines of 

 the fins rather strong : that of the ventral and the last of the dorsal 

 are nearly equal in length, their length being less than one-half of 

 that of the head ; tlic second dorsal spine is not much shorter than 

 the last ; the membrane behind the two or three anterior dorsal spines 

 is filiform, the filaments being not quite so long as the spines. The 



