•io. couia. 201 



10. Coris formosa. 



Labnis formosiis, JJr/iii. Fish. C'eyl. no. 16. 

 D. ^. A. ^. 



• 12 12 



The anterior dorsal spines produced ; caudal rounded; ventral long, 

 pointed. Bluish-grey, with circular black spots ; head yellow, with 

 two oblique blue bands ascending towards the origin of the dorsal, one 

 commencing from the snout and passing through the eye, the other 

 parallel to the lirst, running below the eye. Dorsal and anal tins 

 brown, the former with red margin, and with two green lines running 

 within the red ; black dots between the rays. Anal with a narrow 

 green edge and a narrow green intramarginal Une ; a series of green 

 dots within the margin. The inner half of the caudal red, the outer 

 yellowish- white. (Benn.) 



Ceylon. 



11. Coris elongata. 

 D.f^. A.^. L.lat.llO. 



The height uf the body is one-sixth of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-fourth ; head nearly twice as long as high, with the 

 snout pointed and nearly thrice as long as the oi'bit. Dorsal spines 

 feebli! and flexible, the anterior shorter than the posterior. Caudal 

 slightly rounded ; ventral much shorter than pectoral. No posterior 

 canine tooth. Bodj' and fins blackish-brown, head rather lighter ; 

 pectoral and posterior margin of the caudal transparent. 



New Hebrides. 



a. Seven inches and a half long : stuffed. Aneiteum. TromMr.Mac- 



gillivray's Collection. 



b. Seven inches and u half long. From the Haslar Collection. 



12. Coris aygula. 



Coris aygula, Lacep. iii. p. 96. pi. 4. fig. 1. 



angulatus, Lacep. I. c. fig. 2. 



Jiilis aygula, Riijyp. Ail. Fische, p. 25. taf. 6. Mg. '6. 



riippi'lii, lioni. Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 128. 



gibbifrous, Quoi/ i^- Guim. Voy. Astral. Poiss. p. 707. pi. 10. Kg. 3. 



curia. Cm: i^'- Val. .xiii. p. 491. 



D. -^. A. ^. L. lat. 60-05. Vert. 9/16. 



The height of the body eijuals the length of the head, and is con- 

 tained thrice and three-fourths in the total length. A prominent 

 hump on the nape of the neck, more developed in large than in j-oung 

 specimens. The posterior canine tooth is small, hidden, and appears 

 to be sometimes entirely absent. The upper lip broad, with folds ; 

 the lower not continuous with that of the other side, pendent. The 

 anterior dorsal spine produced ; caudal subtruncated ; ventral long, 

 pointed. Black or bhukish, sometimes with a light vertical band 

 above the vent. Back and vertical fins with S(mie blue dots. Three 

 rod angular cross-bands on the nock : edges of the pr<roperciilum and 



