160 L.\BKrD^. 



39. Platyglossus podostigma. 



Julis podostigma, Bhek. Floris, p. 332. 



HaliehcKres podostianua. £ltek. Hi/ii. Labr. in Versi. AJiad. Wet. Am- 

 sterd. xiii. p. 288. and Ati Ichth. p. 126. tab. 32. fig. 4. 



D.,^^. A.l L.lat.27. 



The height of the body is equal to, or somewhat less than, the 

 length of the head, and one-fourth of the total. Caudal rounded. 

 Head and thorax veUow. caudal fin reddish, body violet ; head with 

 red streaks edged with blue (^during life). Ventral with a black, 

 blue-edged spot on the nuddle in the young : a black oblong spot 

 behind the axil of the pectoral, and another on its base ; dorsal and 

 anal fins with blue margins, and with numerous oblique reddish 

 stripes or spots ; caudal immaculate. 



Coasts of Floris, Booroo. and Amboyna. 



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



40. Platyglossus marginatus. 



r PlatTglossus, no. 1, Klein, Pise. Jli.'is. iv. p. 40. tab. 12. fig. 5. 



Halicliceres marginatus, Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 16. 



Julis mai-ginata. Cm: &,- Val. xiii. p. 490. 



Julis annularis. (Kuhl ^- v. Sass.) Cm: 4" ^ol- xiii. p. 482; Bleek. 

 Katuurk: Tydschr. Xederl. Ind. v. 1853, p. 513, ii. 1851, pi. 2 (in- 

 correct). 



PlatTglossus annularis, Bleek. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 411. 



marginatus, Bleek. Syn. Labr. p. 10, and Afl. Ichth. p. 109. tab. 41. 



fig. 3. 



D. ^. A. 1. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 3 10. 



The height of the body is contained three times and a half in the 

 total length, the length of the head four times and a half. Caudal 

 rounded : the tirst ventral ray prolonged. Blackish-green ; head and 

 anterior part of the body with undulated light-green streaks, edged 

 with blue. Vertical tins with numerous red ocelli and streaks, each 

 edged with blue. A large green crescent-shaped spot on the basal 

 half of the caudal. Vertical fins with a blue margin. 



Eed Sea. Mauritius. Ceylon. East Indian Ai-chipelago. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Mauritius. From Dr. Janvier's Collection. 

 h. Adult : skin. Ceylon. From Dr. Kelaart's Collection. 

 c. Young. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



41. Platyglossus notophthalmus. 



Tautoga notophthalmus. Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Xederl. i. Manado 



Sf Macassar, p. 53. 

 Hemitautoaa notophthalmus. Bleek. Versl. Akad. Tf'et. Anist. xiii. 



p. 292, and At/. Ichth. p. 140. tab. 21. fig. 1. 



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



A posterior canine tooth ; some small scales behind the eye : 

 opercles naked. The height of the body is contained four times and 



