30 SQUAMIPINNKS. 



forwards, those of the lower ascending forwards. A very broad 

 yellow band occupying the iwsterior part of the body, with the taU. 

 and the greater portion of the soft dorsal and anal fins. The soft 

 dorsal and anal with a black and yellow margin, the caudal with a 

 fine blackish transverse line ; ventrals yellowish. 

 Sea of Amboyna. 



a. Fine specimen. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



b. Adult : stuffed. 



* Caudal with a blackish margin. 

 51. Chaetodon liueolatus. 



Chaetodon lineolatus, Cui\ ^ Val. \-ii. p. 40 ; Bleek. Floris, p. .323. 



lunatus, (Mreiib.) Cuv. 8f Val. viL p. 57; Riq)i). N. IF. Fische, 



p. 30. t. 9. f. 3. 

 ? Chaetodon semilarvatus, {Ehrenb.) Cuv. ^- Val. vii. p. 39. — Young. 



D.M. A.^. L. lat. 28. L. transv. 5/14. 



20-27 2 1 



The snout is produced, conical, and much longer than the dia- 

 meter of the eye ; praeoperculum entire ; the soft dorsal and anal 

 angular posteriorly. Ocular band broader than the eye, occupying 

 the upper angle of the operculum, and extending on to the lower 

 margin of the intcTOperculum ; a triang-ular light spot on the nape of 

 the neck, witliin the ocular band. A broad black band along the base 

 of the soft dorsal fin, bent downwards across the taU, and continued 

 and tapering on the posterior portion of the anal. Body with fine 

 vertical blackish streaks, following the series of scales, near their 

 roots. Caudal with a narrow blackish margin. 



Red Sea ; Sea of Floris. 



a. Eleven inches long: stuffed. Red Sea. From the Frankfort 



Museum. 



b. Adult : not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 



52. Chsetodon selene. 



Sleeker, Solor, p. 76. 



D.i?. A. A L. lat. 28. 



The snout is produced, pointed, much longer than the eye ; prse- 

 operculum with the angle minutely denticulated ; the dorsal and 

 anal fijis rounded posteriorly. The ocular band is narrower than the 

 orbit, and extends from the first dorsal spine to the lower margin of 

 the interoperculum ; it is black above the eye, brownish and yellow- 

 edged beneath it. A broad black band along the base of the dorsal, 

 descending to the middle of the anal ; the soft dorsal and anal with 

 a blue and violet inframarginal stripe ; caudal \iolet in its j)osterior 

 half; ventral white. 



Seas of Lawajong (Solor) and Amboyna. 



a. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



