1 70 LABKID JS. 



Pecten romse, Aldrov. ii. c. 27. p. 205 ; Jonst, i. tit. 3. c. 1. a. 15. 



Peace pettine, Salv. fol. 217. 



Coryphfena, no. 2, Art. Gen. p. 15, and Synon. p. 29. 



(Joryphfena novacula, L. Si/st. i. p. 447 ; JBl. Schn. p. 295 ; LacSp. iii. 



p. 203 ; Shaiv, Zool. iv. p. 217 ; JRisso, Ichth. Nice, p. 181 (not Mir. 



Merid.). 

 Xyrichtliys cultratus, Cuv. fy Veil. xiv. p. 37. pi. 391. 

 ? Xyiichtiiys venniciilatus, Poey, 3Iem. Cub. ii. p. 215. 

 Xyriclithys novacula, Cuv. Rei/ne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 89. fig. 3. 



D. ^. A. f^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 2/8. Vert. 9/16. 



A few rudimentary scales below the orbit ; the two first dorsal 

 spines are a little flexible ; ventral fins slightly produced. Rose- 

 coloured, each scale with a bluish vertical streak ; head with rather 

 numerous blue vertical lines ; anal with oblique, caudal with vertical 

 undulated lines. A silvery blotch on the side of the belly, frequently 

 cUsappearing in specimens preserved in spirits. 



From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic coasts of tropical America. 



rt, b. Half-grown. Mediterranean. 



c, d. Half-grown. Bay of Naples. 



e. Fine specimen. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



/. Half-grown. Lanzarote. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



y. Half-grown : skin. Caribbean Sea. From Dr. ParneU's Collection. 



h. Very fine specimen. Bahia. From Dr. 0. Wucherer's Collection. 



i, Ic. Adidt. 



? /. Adult : stuffed. South Africa. 



2. Novacula argentimaculata. 



Xyrichthys argenti-maculata, Steindachner, Zool. Bot. GeseUsch. Wieii, 

 1861, p. 134. 



D.^. A.-?-. 



12 12 



Some small scales below the orbit ; the two first dorsal spines are 

 flexible, not produced and continuous with the remainder of the fin. 

 A large roundish silvery spot on the side of the body above the level 

 of the pectoral fin, with a small black spot in the centre ; each scale 

 with a vertical streak ; head with rather niimerous vertical Hnes ; a 

 yellowish spot on the operculum with bluish centre ; the soft dorsal 

 and anal with oblique, the caudal wth vertical stripes. 



Cape of Good Hope. Brazil. 



a. Adult. Brazil. From the Berlin Museum. 



3. Novacula javanica. 



Sleeker, Synon. Labr. p. 32, and All. Ichth. p. . 

 D. K A. •^. L. lat. 28-29. 



12 12 



Some small scales below the orbit ; the two first dorsal spines are 

 ilcxible, not produced and continuous with the remainder of the fin. 

 A light spot on the middle of the side, above the extremity of the 



