35. coRis. 199 



orbit ; a small black ocellus, edged with white, anteriorly on the 

 dorsal, and another larger one on the commencement of the soft por- 

 tion. Brownish-green, with six white vertical streaks on the back, 

 with irregular brown dots, and with fine undulated yellow lines along 

 the upper part of the side. Cheek with three blue longitudinal lines. 

 Red Sea ; Amboyna. 



a. From Dr. Ruppell's Collection. 



Bleeker's description of the colours differs considerably from 

 Riippell's : the Amboj-nese fish is red, Avdth seven brown cross-bands 

 on the back, broader than the interspaces of the light groimd-colour 

 between them ; head with a reddish-violet band through the eye, 

 and with a curved band of the same colour on the cheek and opercles. 

 A reddish-violet band along the dorsal and anal fins ; two black spots 

 on the dorsal, as in the Red Sea fish. 



The specimen in the British Museum has lost nearly all its colours. 



6. Coris batuensis. 



Julis batuensis, Bleek. Batoe, iii. p. 240. 



Hemicoris batueusis, Bleek. Syn. Labr. p. 10, and Atl. Ichth. p. 107. 

 tab. 36. fig. 3. 



D. f-^. A. ^. L. lat. 50. 



The height of the body is contaiuod four times and three-fourths 

 in the total length, the length of the head five times, and that of the 

 caudal five times and a half. A posterior canine tooth. Caudal trun- 

 cated ; the anterior dorsal spine shorter than the following ; pectoral 

 longer than ventral. Back \'iolet, with some indistinct broad cross- 

 bands ; an oblique streak from the .snout to the eye, and from behind 

 the eye to the gill-opening. Dorsal fin anteiiorly with a violet spot ; 

 pectorals with a violet baud across the base. {Bl.) 



Batoe. 



7. Coris cuvieri. 



Julis cuvieri, Benii. Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. i. p. 128. 

 stellatus, Cm: ^- Val. xiii. p. 490. 



D. ^. A. f^. L. lat. 80-85. 



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

 or than one-fourth of the total. A posterior canine tooth ; upper lip 

 broad, with folds ; the lower not continuous with that of the other 

 side, pendent. The anterior dorsal spine produced ; caudal subtnin- 

 cated ; ventral long, pointed. Brownish-violet, with blue or green 

 dots; head with three broad brownish-red bands. The inner half of 

 the dorsal and anal fins with numerous irregular oblique violet lines, 

 the outer half blackish -violet ; caudal blackish-violet, with the basal 

 portion lighter and dotted with blue. Dried specimens uniform 

 brownish or blackish. 



Mauritius. New Hebi-ides. 



a. Adult. Mauritius. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

 — Type of the species. 



