128 LABRIBiE. 



of scales. The spinous dorsal brown, with numerous blue spots, its • 

 margin and the soft dorsal being red ; anal red, ivith a few blue spots 

 and with a blue intramarginal band. Caudal violet, red towards the 

 margin, with numerous small blue ocelli. Ventral purplish, with. 

 some scattered bluish spots. 

 Mauritius. Mozambique. 



a, b, c. Types of the species. From the Collection of the Zoological 

 Society. — Only the largest specimen, which is nine inches long, 

 shows the upper caudal lobe shghtly produced, whilst this fin 

 is rounded in two other specimens of seven and eight inches in 

 length. 



Although Valenciennes mentions only nine dorsal spines in the 

 text, we see from the figure that the specimens in the Paris collec- 

 tion also have ten ; the dots on the ventral fin are represented too 

 numerous in that figure. 



5. Cheilinus chlorurus. 



Sparus chlorurus, Bl v. p. 24. taf. 260 ; Bl. Schn. p. 269 ; Lacep. iv. 



pp. 55, 163. 

 Clieilinus guttatus, Sleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxii. Lahr. Cycl. p. 36. 



decacanthus, Bleek. Batida, i. p. 256. 



chlorurus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 65. tab. 27. fig. 3. 



D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 22. 



The height of the body is a little more than one-third of the total ; 

 snout subcorneal ; canine teeth of moderate size. Caudal rounded, 

 •with the lobes slightly produced in adult specimens. Tubules of 

 the lateral line moderately branched. Greenish-brown : head with 

 round yellow spots, body with series of smaller dots. The spinous 

 dorsal brownish, with red margin and black dots on the spines ; the 

 soft dorsal red ; anal and ventral ivith numerous very small yellow 

 dots ; caudal green, yellow-spotted. 



From Ceylon to the New Hebrides. 



a. Specimens, 7 inches long, with the caudal lobes slightly produced. 



a. Fine specimen. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



b. Skin, discoloured. Ceylon. From Dr. Kelaart's Collection. 



/3. Specimens, 5|-6 inches long, with the caudal simply rounded. 



c. Fine specimen. Ceram. From the Collection of Madame Ida 



Pfeififer. 



d. Stuffed. Aneiteum. From Mr. Maegillivray's Collection. 



6. Cheilinus oxycephalus. 

 Bleek. Amboyna, iv. p. 349, and Atl. Ichth. p. 65. tab. 28. fig. 5. 

 D. :^. A. |. L. lat. 22. 

 The height of the body is rather more than the length of the head. 



