28. PLATYGLOSSUS. 145 



3. Platyglossus javanicus. 



Julis iavanicu.s, Bleek. Jara, iv. p. 341. 



nalichcei'es javanicu.'^, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 125. tab. 40. fig. 3. 



D.^. A.^. L.lat. 28. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head and is two- 

 ninths of the total. Caudal rounded; dorsal spines piuigent. Brown- 

 ish-red: head with reddish-violet streaks; a blue spot behind the 

 orbit ; a black spot superiorly at the base of the pectoral ; dorsal with 

 tivo to three series of yeUow ocelli; anal immaculate; caudal with 

 numerous yellow ocelli and with the corners broadly edged with 

 yellow. (Bl.) 



Coast of KarangboUong. Singapore. 



a. Four inches long : not good state. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Col- 

 lection. 



4. Platyglossus geoflfroyii. 



Julis geoffroyii, Quay S,- Gaim. Voy. Uran. Zool. p. 270. pi. 56. fig. 3 ; 



Cuv. 8f Val. xiii. p. 479 ; Bleek. Act. Sac. Sc. Itulo-Nederl. i. Manado 



en Makass. p. 58. 



meleagris, Cuv. Hf J'al. xiii. p. 481. 



Macropharyngodon geoffi-oyi, Bleek. Proc. Zool. Sac. 1861, p. 412, and 



AU. Ichih. p. 129. tab. 37. fig. 5. 



D. :^. A. ^. L. lat. 27-28. 



The height of the body is contained thrice and two-thirds in the 

 total length, the length of the head four times and two-thirds to 

 four times and a half. Nech elevated. Caudal rounded. Rosy-violet, 

 each scale with a green, blue-edged oceUus ; a black spot, divided into 

 two by a yellow one, behind the operculum ; thorax ^vith two oblique 

 greenish, blue-edged bands; a black spot behind the isthmus; head 

 with short streaks and ocelli ; dorsal with two series of yellow, blue- 

 edged ocelli, one along the base, the other along the middle and partly 

 confluent on the soft doi-sal ; a violet, yellotu-edijed spot between the 

 first and third spines ; anal coloured like the soft dorsal ; caudal with 

 five transverse series of similar ocelli and with the corners broadly 

 edged with brown. Ventral with two or three ocelli. {Bl.) 



Sandwich Islands, Ulea. Celebes. 



a-b. Adult : stuffed. 



o. Platyglossus bicolor. 



Scha, iii. pi. 31. fig. 8. 



Labriis bicolor, Bl. Schn. p. 267. 



•Julis niola, pt.. Cant. Catal. p. 238. 



margaritophoru.'^, Bleek. Bataria, p. 487. 



Halichares bicolor, Bleek. Synon. Labr. p. 12, and Atl. Ichth. p. 118. 

 tab. 39. fig. 5. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 30. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head and is two- 

 ninths of tlie total. Caudal rounded. Greenish : a A-iolet band be- 



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