158 LABRIB.E. 



tween the single soft rays at their base. Anal fin with a blue stripe 

 and violet margin ; caudal jeUow, with three transverse series of red- 

 dish-violet spots ; a black spot superiorly in the axil. 

 Celebes, Ternate, Amboyna. 



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



34. Platyglossus purpurascens. 



Seha, iii. p. 95. tab. 31. fig. 6. 



Lalirus, sp., Groiiov. 3Ius. Ichth. ii. p. 28. no. 183, and Zoophyl. no. 240. 



purpurescens, Bl. Schn. p. 262. 



leucurus, Bl. Schn. p. 259. 



Jiilis temrainckii, Bleek. Batav. p. 491. 



kallopisos, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. iv. p. 491 & v. p. 348. 



Platyglossus purpurescens, Bleek. Synon. Lain-, p. 11, and Atl. Ichth. 

 p. 108. tab. 45. fig. 1. 



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



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

 fourth of the total. Caudal rounded. Gi-een : each scale with a 

 red spot ; head with red bands ; dorsal and anal with numerous 

 oblique red stripes, and Avith a yeUow, blue, black and red margin ; 

 a deep-blue and bright-yellow spot superiorly in the axil; caudal 

 violet, with numerous red vertical streaks, the angles being broadly 

 margined with yellow and blue. 



Java, Banka, Celebes, and Amboyna. 



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



35. Platyglossus ceylonicus. 



Julis ceylonicus, Benn. Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. ii. 1832, p. 183. 

 The typical specimen of this species appears to be lost, nor has the 

 species been recognized, so that we are obhged to repeat Bennett's 

 description : — 



D.^. A. A 



Caudal rounded ; a posterior canine tooth. Yellowish : head grey, 

 rivulated with yellow ; a yellow interrupted band along the lateral 

 line ; another lateral band of the same colour, edged with blue, rims 

 along the side and emits numerous short processes towards the beUy ; 

 an obhque yellow streak across the base of the pectoral to the belly ; 

 vertical fijis yeUow : a band along the base of the dorsal edged with 

 blue inferiorly ; an oblique blue streak behind the base of each dorsal 

 ray, a second behind its middle, and a spot of the same colour behind 

 its top ; anal fin with two blue bands ; caudal with three irregular, 

 transverse, rivulated blue lines. 



Ceylon. 



36. Platyglossus pardaleocephalus. 



Julis pardaleocephalus, J5fceA;. Verh. Batav. Genootsch. xxii. BaH,-p.8. 

 Halichceres pardaleocephalus, Bkek. Atl. Ichth. p. 123. tab. 35. fig. 5. 



D. ^^. A. ■^. L. lat. 28. 



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



