206 LABRID^. 



riorly and with two series of violet dots; anal with the base violet, 

 and with two lines along the margin. 

 Maimtius. Coast of Mozambique. 

 a. Adult. Mozambique. From Prof. Peters's Collection. 



21. Coris auricularis. 



Cuv. &! Val. xiii.p.489; Richards.Ann. S^-Mag. Nat. if«s<.1843,xi.p.422. 

 D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 78. L. transv. 6/28. 



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

 tained four times and three-fourths in the total. No posterior canine 

 tooth. Caudal rounded ; dorsal and anal rather elevated, the spines 

 being flexible and slender ; the length of the posterior spines is two- 

 thirds of that of the head. Uniform reddish-yellow (in a dried state) ; 

 opercular point with a black spot, edged with white anteriorly ; dorsal 

 with a black spot between the two fii'st spines and with numerous 

 undulated brownish lines in its upper half ; anal with three lines 

 near the margin ; caudal with irregular transverse bands. 



Coasts of Western and Southern Australia. 

 a-d. Adult : stuffed and skins. Swan Eiver. Presented by the Earl 



of Derby. 

 e-f. Adult : skins. Houtman's Abrolhos. 

 g. Adult : stuffed : not in good state. 



22. Coris heteroptera. 



Julis h.etevo'ateYus,£leek.Act.>Soc.Sc.Lid(i-A^('(Jerl. ii. Ambnina,\'m.'p.7S. 

 Pseudocoris neteropterus, Bleek. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 411, and Atl. 

 Ichth. p. 98. tab. 19. fig. 1. 



D.^. A.^. L. lat. 73. 



The height of the body is contained thrice and three-fifths in the 

 total length (the cavidal lobes not included), the length of the head 

 nearly five times ; head as high as long. A posterior canine tooth. 

 Dorsal spines slender, the two anterior being produced and remote from 

 the third, a low membrane extending from the second to the third; 

 caudal with the lobes produced into filaments ; ventral much shorter 

 than pectoral. AiLterior part of the body brown to behind the axil, 

 the remainder greenish, with eight black transverse bands, which are 

 broader than the interspaces between ; the anterior descends from 

 the hinder dorsal spines ; a blue spot on the membrane of the oper- 

 culum ; dorsal fin brownish-violet, edged with yellow ; anal with a 

 light band along the base ; caudal yellow in the middle. (Bh) 



AmbojTia. 



23. Coris lineolata. 



Julis lineolata, Cuv. ^- Val. xiii. p. 430. 



cyanogramma, Richards. Ann. 6fMag. Nat. Hist. vii. 1851, p. 289, 



and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 73. 

 Ophthalmolepis lineolata, Bl^ck. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 413. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 55. L. transv. 4/25. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 



