;}1. NOVACULA. 175 



cies has boon founded, docs not show any pi'oduction of the anterior 

 dorsal spines. 



D. Cheek scaleless ; the two anterior dorsal spines form a more or less 

 separate division. 



a. Upper edge of the head sharp. 



15. Novacula pavo, 



Xyrichthys pavo, Cuv. Sc Val. xiv. p. 61. pi. 394; Bleek.Afl. Ichth. p. 

 tab. 29. ^. 2. 



pavoninns, Cuv. Sf VnJ. xiv. p. 63. 



Novacula pavo, Bleek. Termite, \\\. p. 379. 



D. 2 I ^. A. ^. L. lat. 30. 



Some small scales behind and below the orbit. The t^vo anterior 

 dorsal spines are flexible, produced, and en,tirely separate from the 

 remainder of the fin ; the outer ventral ray is produced. Rosy .- a 

 black, blue-edged spot on the back, below the sixth dorsal spine ; 

 sides of the head and vertical fins with oblique and transvei'se undu- 

 lated blue lines ; anal with a blue band along the margin. 



Bourbon, Mauritius, Cocos, Ternate, Sandwich Islands. 



a. Adult: stuffed. Mauritius. 



16. Novacula dea. 



XjTichthys dea, Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 171. pi. 87. 



puniceus, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 261. 



Novacula dea, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. iii. Japan, iv. p. 20. 



B. 2 I ^. A. ^^. L. lat. 28. 



Some small scales below the orbit ; the two anterior doi-sal spines 

 are flexible, produced, subcontinuous with the remainder of the fin ; 

 the outer ventral ray is produced. Rosy : a black, blue-edged spot 

 on the back, below the sixth dorsal spine. Dorsal with numerous 

 obhqiie bluish lines ; anal \vith a bluish band along the base ; caudal 

 edged with blue superiorly and inferiorly. 



Japanese Sea. 



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



17. Novacula tetrazona. 



Novacida tetrazona, Blvvk. Bali, iii. p. 169. 



Xyrichthys tetrazona, Bleek. Ail. Ichth. p. . tab. 30. fig. 1. 



D. 2|^. A.^. L. lat. 28. 



A few verj' small scales below the eye ; the two anterior dorsal 

 rays are entirely separate from the remainder of the fin, and much 

 prolonged. YeLlo^vish-rose, with five very broad brownish-black 

 cross-bands, the anterior of which is on the head ; most of the scales 



