204 LABKID.E. 



a crescent. Pectoral half- violet and half-yellow ; a blackish line, 

 running from the extremity of the fin towards the lower part of its 

 axU, chvidcs those two colours. Ventral yellow, violet towards its 

 extremitj'. 

 Hah. ? 



a. Thirteen inches long. Mauritius ? From the Collection of the 

 Zoological Society. 



16. Coris longipes. 



D. :^. A. ^. L. lat. 120. 



The height of the body is about one-fifth of the total length, the 

 length of the head about one-fourth ; the length of the pectoral is 

 nearly one-half of that of the head. Posterior canine tooth none ; 

 eye small. Dorsal spines flexible, not produced, the ninth being the 

 longest, one-third of the length of the head. Caudal subtruncated. 

 Ventral pointed, with the outer rays prolonged, as long as the pectoral. 

 Upper parts yellowish ; sides greenish, with numerous narrow violet 

 vertical stripes ; a blacJcish-violet ocellus below the lateral line, covered 

 by the extremity of the pectoral. A dark band runs from the orbit 

 to the scapula ; some dark blotches on the operculum. Dorsal and 

 anal yellow, with a light and dark band along the margins ; the soft 

 dorsal with numerous minute ocelli. Basal portion of the caudal 

 violet, with a broad yellow crescent behind. Pectoral and ventral 

 uniform transparent. 



New Hebrides. 

 a. Twelve inches long : stuft'ed. Aneiteum. From Mr. MacgiUivray's 

 Collection . 



17. Coris greenoughii. 



Talent, fig. 66; Renard, i. fig. 213, ii. fig.s. 5 & 71. 



Julis greenovii, Benn. Zool. Journ. iv. p. 37. 



leucorliTOcbus, Bleek. Act. Sue. So. Indo-Nederl. i. Manadu Sf 



Macass. p. 57. 

 Coris greenoughii, Gilnth. Ann. ?f Mug. Nat. Hint. 1861, viii. p. 387; 



Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 100. tab. 31. fig. 2. 



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



The height of the body is two-ninths of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-fourth. No posterior canine tooth ; upper lip broad, 

 folded ; the lower pendent, not continuous with that of the other 

 side. Caudal rounded ; dorsal spines stiff, none of them produced. 

 Pale cinnamon, with five straw-coloured, bro'sxTi-cdged markings 

 across the upper side : the first square, on the extremity of the snout; 

 the second oblong, between the posterior angles of the orbits ; the 

 three others extending on the dorsal fin. 



Sandwich Islands, Celebes, Booroo. 



a. Fine specimen. From Mr. Frcmbh''s Collection. — Type of the 

 species. 



