240 TRACHINID.-E. 



0. Percis xanthozona. 



Bheker, Par. p. 55. 



D. 5 I 21. A. 18. L. lat. 65. 



The height of the body is one-seventh of the total length, the 

 length of the head one-foiu'th. Prseoperculum entire ; caudal rounded. 

 Green^sh-hro^vn, with nine or ten brownish cross-bands, and with a 

 broad yellow longitudinal baud; operclcs striated and dotted with 

 blue ; the spinous dorsal brown, the soft dorsal with three, the anal 

 with one longitudinal series of black spots ; caudal with a large yellow 

 blotch and several black dots. (BI.) 



Sea of Batavia. 



7. Percis pulchella. 



Tc7mn. Sf Scldeff. Fmni. Japon. Puiss. p. 24. pi. 10. f. 2; Richards. Ichth. 

 Jap. ^- Chin. p. 211. 



D. 5 1 21. A. 18. L. lat. 62. L. transv. 6/18. 



The height of the body is six times in the total length, the length 

 of the head 4i ; the distance between the eyes is small, and one-half 

 the length of the snout ; the ventrals do not reacli to the origin of 

 the anal. Purplish-brown, with six darker cross-bars, interrupted 

 by a yellowish longitudinal band ; head with light-blue hues ; the 

 spinous dorsal brownish at the base, the soft yellowish, with three 

 series of yellow specks. Caudal and anal spotted with light blue, 

 the latter with a broad dark-brown margin. 



Sea of Japan. 



a. Adult. Japan. 



b. Skin : in spirits. Japan. From the Leyden Museum. 



c. Adult. Prom the Haslar Collection. 



8. Percis cancellata. 



Labrus tetracanthus, Lacep. iii. pp. 473, 488, ii. pi. 13. f. 3. 

 Percis cancellata, Cin: S,- Val iii. p. 268 ; Bleek. Batj. iii. p. 501. 



D. 5 I 21, A. ^. L. lat. 62. L. transv. 9/18. 



The height of the body is 6| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 4| ; the distance between the eyes is one-half the length of 

 the snout. The ventral fins reach nearly to the origin of the anal ; 

 the leno-th of the fourth dorsal spine is much less than that of the 

 intermaxillaiy. Brown, with three series of hght blotches, each 

 with darker centre : the first series along the base of the dorsal ; the 

 .second along the middle of the body, alternating with the former ; 

 the thii-d corresponding to the second, across the beUy, each blotch 

 oblong and continuous with that of the other side, white-edged ; a 

 round black spot on the suprascapula ; a large and broad brown 

 blotch below the eye : the spinous dorsal transparent, clouded with 

 browiish ; the soft" dorsal with three series of hrown specks ; caudal 



