50 SQUAMIPINNES. 



from the posterior margin of the opercuhim ; the soft dorsal and anal 

 and the upper caudal ray moderately produced. Head, anterior part 

 of the trunli, caxidal, and the margins of the soft dorsal and anal fins 

 yellow, the remainder brownish-black. 

 Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



a, b. Adult : stuffed. Bahia. 



c. Adult : skin. Trinidad. Presented by J. B. Richardson, Esq. 



d-lc. Adult : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



l. Adult. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



m. Adult. West Indies. 



n. Young. West Indies. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 0. Adult: bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 

 p. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 

 q. Adult: stuifed. 



20. Holacanthus bicolor. 



Renard, i. pi. 19. f. 106. 



Chfetodon bicolor, Bl. t. 206. f. 1 ; Bl. Schn. p. 218. 



Holacanthus bicolor, Cuv. 8f Vol. vii. p. 168 ; Bleek. Solor, p. 77. 



D. ^. A. f,. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 6/19. 



The praeopercular spine is conical, and reaches to the root of the 

 pectoral ; the dorsal and anal fins with the angle pointed. The 

 anterior portion of the body to the vertical from the sixth dorsal 

 spine, and the caudal yellowish ; the remainder of the body deep 

 black. The black and yellowish colours are separated from each 

 other by a streak of a more intense yeUow. A broad black ocular 

 band, broader than the orbit, deep black above the orbit, brownish 

 below, not extending over the chest. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Adult. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



21. Holacanthus trimaculatus. 



Holacanthus trimaculatus, (Lacep.) Cuv. ^^- Val. vii. pp. 196. pi. 182 ; 

 Bleeke); Banda, i. p. 242. 



D. li. A. ^^. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 8/26. 



The priEopercular spine is smooth, and reaches to the base of the 

 pectoral ; the dorsal and anal fins not produced. Each scale with 

 a white spot in the centre ; lij)s blackish ; a black spot on the nape 

 of the neck, and another edged with white on the shoulder ; the 

 lower half of the anal black. 



Molucca Sea. 



a. Fine specimen. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



b. Adult ; stuffed. Moluccas. 



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