198 LABKID.E. 



caudal darker than the remainder of the fin ; ventral filament black- 

 ish ; no black spot in the axU. 

 Sierra Leone. 



a. Fine specimen. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



b-d. Adtdt. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



e. Adult : skeleton. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



4. Coris multicolor. 



Halichoeres niidticolor, Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 15. taf. 4. fig. 3. 

 D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 55. L. transv. 5/20. 



The height of the body is rather less than the length of the head, 

 and two-ninths of the total. A posterior canine tooth. Caudal 

 rounded ; the anterior dorsal spine rather produced, the first ventral 

 ray prolonged. Back with six broad brown cross-bauds ; one or three 

 blue bands along the sides ; dorsal with a black blotch anteriorly. 



Var. ci. Only one blue band, from the maxillary through the eye 

 along the upper portion of the lateral line ; the brown cross-bands 

 extend downwards to the middle of the side ; dorsal and anal fins 

 with bluish longitudinal lines ; the whole of the inferior side yellow- 

 ish, with an interrupted yellow band from behind the axU. 



E,cd Sea. 



Var. /3. Three blue bands along the anterior part of the body ; the 

 bro^vn cross-bands extend downwards to the middle of the side ; in- 

 ferior side of the tail with an irregular deep-brown spot below the 

 third cross-band. The soft dorfsal with small spots ; anal with lines. 



New Hebrides. 

 a. Adult : stuffed. Aneiteum. From Mr. Maegillivray's Collection. 



Var. y. Three blue bands extending nearly to the caudal ; the 

 brown (violet during life) cross-bands reach downwards to the lower 

 side, and the inferior extremity of the third band is deep blackish- 

 brown. The soft dorsal with oblique violet streaks ; anal with lon- 

 gitudinal lines. 



New Hebrides. 

 h. Adult : stuffed. Aneiteum. From Mr. Maegillivray's Collection. 



5. Coris variegata. 



Halichoeres variegatus, R'dpp. A\ W. Fische, p. 14. taf. 4. tig. 2. 

 Julis variegatus, Cuv. ^ Val. xiii. p. 462. 



eclirctideri, Bleek. Act. Soc. So. Imlo-Xedeii. iii. Atnhoina, x. p. 3. 



nemicoris variegatus, Bleek. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 411; Synmi. 

 Labi: p. 10, and Atl. Ichth. p. 106. tab. 36. fig. 4. 



D. f-^. A. •^. L. lat. o2. L. transv. 6/22. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is some- 

 what more than one-fourth of the total. A posterior canine tooth. 

 Caudal rounded ; ventral pointed. A deep-blue spot behind the 



