25. ANAMPSES. 135 



1. Epibnlus insidiator. 



Ruysch, i. p. 3. no. 6. tab. 2. nos. 6, 7. 



Renard, pi. 42. nos. 209, 210, ii. pi. 4. fig. 13, pi. 17. fig. 81 ; Valent. iii. 



p. 375. fig. 86, p. 384. tig. 112. 

 Spai'us insidiator, Pall. Spicil. Zool. viii. p. 41. tab. 5. fig. 1 ; Bl. Schn. 



p. 278; Lacep. iv. p. 120; Sliaw, Zool. iv. p. 445. 

 Epibulns insidiator. Cm: ^- Vol. xiv. p. 110. pis. 398, 399; Cuv. Eigne 



Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 88 ; Bleek. Verhaml. Batav. Genootsch. xxii. 



Lahr. p. 40, and Natimrk. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. vii. p. 458, and Atl. 



Ichth. p. 74. tab. 22. fig. 3. 



D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 22. Vert. 10/13. 



Vertical and ventral fins more or less produced. 

 Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



a. Fine specimen. Amboyna. Pui'chased of Mr. Frank. 

 6. Adult. China. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 c, d, e. Adult and half-grown. 



25. ANAMPSES. 



Anampses, Cuv. Rhgne Anim. 



Body compressed, oblong, covered with scales of moderate size ; 

 lateral Kne continuous ; head naked ; praeoperculum not serrated. 

 Teeth in the jaws in a single series ; two front teeth in each jaw 

 prominent, turned forwards, compressed, with cutting edge ; no pos- 

 terior canine tooth. Formula of the fins : D. ^. A. ^. 



From the eastern coasts of Africa to the Western Pacific. 



1. Anampses cseruleo-punctatus. 



R'upp.Atl.Fische, p. 42. taf. 10. fig. 1 ; Cuv. 8^- Vul. xiv. p. 5 ; Cuv.Rigne 

 Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 87. fig. 2 ; Bkek. Atl. Ichth. p. 104. tab. 24. fig. 2. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 4/10. Vert. 11/15. 



Brownish (in spirits), each scale with a bluish-white spot, sur- 

 rounded by a darker ring ; head with rather numerous bluish ver- 

 tical lines, some of which radiate from the eye. Dorsal with three 

 series of bluish spots, anal with two ; caudal with several similar 

 spots ; vertical fins edged with yellowish. 



Red Sea. Mamitius. 

 a, b. Adult. Mauritius. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 c, d. Adult : not good state. 



2. Anampses meleagris. 



Ruysch, Thes. i. p. 42. tab. 7. fig. 1, a. 



Anampses nieleagi-ides, Cuv. k Veil. xiv. p. 12 ; Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc: 

 Imh-Nederl. i. Amboina, p. 57, and Atl. Ichth. p. 102. tab. 24. fig. 1. 



D.l A.I. L. lat. 27. 



Violet, each scale with a round white spot ; head with numerous 



