28. PLATYGLOSSUS. 157 



31. Platyglossus modestus. 



Julis modestus, 5/rt/,-. Vcrhand. Batav.Genuutsch. xxil Lrihr.Ci/cl. p. 26. 

 Haliclioeres modestus, Blcck. Vcrsl. Akacl Wet. Amsterd. xiii. p. 287. 

 and Afl Ichth. p. 126. tab. 35. fig. 2. 



D. -^. A. ^. L. lat. 28. L. transv. 3/10. 



The height of the body is contained four times in the total length, 

 tlie length of the head tliree times and two-thirds. Caudal rounded ; 

 dorsal spines pungent. A lanje black hhtcli on the middle of the 

 sides ; lack tvith hngituduud series of venj small black dots. A 

 bluish-black spot behind the eye ; an undulated whitish band from 

 the angle of the mouth, below the eye, to the operculum ; root of the 

 pectoral with a black transverse streak. 



East Indian Ai-chipelago. 

 a-c. Fine specimens. Singapore. 



32. Platyglossus bimaculatus. 



Halichoeres bimaculatus, Eiipp. JV. W. Fische, p. 17. taf. 5. fig. 2. 

 Julis bimaculatus, Cuv. Sf Val. xiii. p. 490. 



D. ^. A.-^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 2/10. 



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

 fourth of the total. Caudal truncated. A black sjjot on the ninth 

 and tenth scales of the lateral line. Green, with a blue longitudinal 

 band running from the operculum across the bend of the lateral line 

 to the upper part of the base of the caudal. Head with light-violet 

 bands racUating from the eye. 



Var. a. Dorsal and anal with the inner half reddish-violet and 

 with a series of blue dots along the base, the outer half with red, 

 black, blue and green longitudinal bands ; caudal spotted ^vith bluish. 

 — Eed Sea. 



Var. ft. Dorsal with two longitudinal, caudal with three trans- 

 verse series of ocelli. — Ceylon. 



a-b. Adult : stuffed : not good state. Ceylon. From Dr. Kelaart's 

 Collection. 



33. Platyglossus hartzfeldii. 



Julis hartzfeldii, Bleek. Amhoina, ii. p. 563, 



Haliclioeres hartzfeldii, Bkck. Afl. Ichth. p. 123. tab. 3-5. fig. 4. 



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



The height of the body is contained foiu' times and two-thirds in 

 the total length, the length of the head three times and three-fourths. 

 Caudal subtruncated. Head green, with rcddish-^-iolet bands. Bodi/ 

 with a broad jmrple lonrjitudinal hand, edged with blue, runnin'o- 

 from the operculum to the caudal fin, and sometimes marked with 

 one or two black dots behind the dorsal ; an obliepie reddish-violet 

 band from the base of the pectoral to the belly ; a large violet spot on 

 the side, covered by the end of the pectoral. Dorsal fiii rcddish-nolet 

 below, yellow above with a blue longitudinal stripe; blue ocelli be- 



