136 LABRICi;. 



spots similar to those on the bod}'. Dorsal and anal fins with a 

 black, yeUow and blue margin and with numerous white dots, but 

 without longitudinal lines ; caudal unifonn yellow. 

 Mauritius ; Amboyna. 



a. Fine specimen. Mauritius. Presented by Sir J. Kichardson. 

 b-c. Fine specimens. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



3. Anampses cuvieri. 



Quot/ ^- Gaim. Voy. Freyc. Poiss. p. 276. pi. 55. fig. 1 ; Ctiv. ^ Val. xiv. 

 p. 11. 



D.^. A. A L.lat.27. 



Brownish-olive, thoracic region red; each scale with a round 

 white spot ; head with small spots *n its lower parts. Dorsal and 

 anal fins with small blue dots and three or four blue longitudinal 

 lines ; caudal reddish near the base and greenish posteriorly. 



Sandwich Islands. 



a. Adult : skin. Sandwich Islands. From the Collection of the 



Zoological Society. 

 6. Adult : skin. 



4. Anampses melanurus. 



Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Xederl. ii. Aniboma, viii. p. 79, and Atl. Ichth. 

 p. 103. tab. 25. fig. 1. 



D.^. A. A L.lat.27. 



Violet, each scale with a round white spot ; head and thorax with 

 spots which are much larger than those on the body ; opercular mem- 

 brane with a large black spot, edged with white anteriorly. Dorsal 

 and anal with a yellow and black margin — the former with spots 

 similar to those on the body, the latter with three blue, black-edged 

 longitudinal stripes ; caudal yeUow, with the base black, and with a 

 broad black transverse band on its posterior haK. Pectoral brown- 

 ish at the base. {Bl.) 

 Amboyna. 



5. Anampses twistii. 

 Sleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Kederl. i. p. 56. 



D. l^. A. :^. L. lat. 28. 



Dorsal spines stifi'. The upper parts violet; sides of the head and 

 thoracic region yellow ; tail yellowish-violet ; opercular lobe blackish, 

 with a red spot ; no white spot on the scales of the thorax, belly, 

 neck, and hind part of the tail ; the other scales with a blue, blackish- 

 edged dot. Dorsal and anal fins "svith two or three series of blue ocelli, 

 and with a large black, blue-edged ocellus posteriorly near the base ; 

 anal with a white and black margin. Caudal bro^\^lish-yeUow dotted 

 with blue, and with a white margin. Pectoral with the base black- 

 ish-violet. 



Amboyna. 



a. Fine specimen. From Dr. P. v. Blocker's Collection. 



