194 LABHIDiE. 



specimens. Upper part of the head and back of the trunk violet, 

 transverse series of black spots on the latter ; sides of the head and 

 thorax rosy ; sides of the body and tail orange-coloui-ed ; a brown 

 band from the snout through the eye to the operculum. The spinous 

 dorsal brown, edged with black ; the soft, the anal and caudal red 

 at the base and violet towards the margin, which is yellow. 



Java and Kokos. 

 a. Adult. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



5. Gomphosus notostigma. 



Sleeker, Si/mn. Labi: p. 31, and Atl Ichth. p. 86. tab. 21. fig. 4. 

 D. -i. A. 1 L. lat. 28-29. 



Caudal fin truncated. Olive (in spirits), with a large brown spot 

 between the first and fourth dorsal spines ; a brown spot superiorly 

 in the axil of the pectoral. Dorsal and anal fins with brown margins ; 

 caudal posteriorly with a brown intramarginal band. {Bl.) 



Java. 



The typical specimen is in the Leyden Museum. 



6. Gomphosus sandvicensis. 

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



The length of the snout is contained once and three-fourths in 

 that of the head. Caudal fin truncated, with the lobes scarcely pro- 

 duced. Green (in a dried state), each scale with a brownish-oUve 

 centre ; operculum and hinder portion of the pectoral black ; vertical 

 fins uniform green, caudal with the upper and lower margins brownish. 



Sandwich Islands. 



a. Seven inches long : stuffed. Sandwich Islands. 



34. CHEILIO. 



Cheilio, {Commers.) Lacep. iv. p. 432. 



Body compressed, elongate, covered with scales of moderate size ; 

 head low, with the snout produced. Cheeks and opercles naked, 

 only a few rudimentary scales on the operculum ; lateral hue con- 

 tinuous. Teeth in a single series, jaws behind the teeth granulated ; 

 no posterior canine tooth. Dorsal spines flexible, without cutaneous 

 lobes posteriorly. Formula of the fins : D. j^. A. ^^. 



From the eastern coasts of Africa to 'the Western Pacific. 



1. Cheilio inermis. 



Valent. figs. 203 & 516 ; Benurd, i. tab. 34. fig. 181. 

 Labrus inermis, Forsk. p. 34 : Bl. Schi. p. 262. 

 hassek, Lacep. iii. p. 513. 



