176 PEROIDJi. 



1 . Genyoroge nigra. 



Scisena nigra, Forskal, Descr. Amm. p. 47. 

 Lutjauiis iiiger, Bl. 8chn. p. 32{). 



Diacope nigra, Ciiv. S^- J'al. ii. p. 4.31; Hiipji. N. TV. Fische, p. 9.3. 

 t. 24. f. 1. 



D-T^,- A.^,. L. lat. 45-50. 

 The height of the body is more than one-thii-d of the total length ; 

 the length of the head is 3|- in the same ; the upper profile of the 

 head is very convex, forming a quarter of a circle. Prteoperculum 

 serrated, with stronger dcnticulatious at the angle ; the prominence 

 of the interoperculum like a spine, directed for\yards. Pectoral fins 

 long, reaching to the front end of the anal ; caudal truncated. 

 Uniform black. 

 Red Sea. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Red Sea. 



2. Genyoroge macolor. 



Macolor, Eenard, i. pi. 9. f. GO, ii. pi. 7. f. .30 ; T'nlmt. iii. p. 348. 



pi. 1. f. 1. 

 Diacope macolor, Ct>i\ ^- Val. ii. p. 415, Less. Mem. Soc. Hist. A^at. 



iv. p. 409, and Voi/. Coq. Zool. if. p. 230. pi. 22. f. 2. 

 Mesoprion macolor, Bleek. Celeb, iii. p. 752. 



D. ~. A. ^. Cjec. pylor. 4. 



Praeoperculum indistinctly serrated. Caudahs truncated ; pectoral 

 and ventral fins veiy long, reaching far beyond the fi-ont end of the 

 anal. Black, beUy lighter ; a series of thi'ee white spots along the 

 base of dorsal fin, two other spots below ; a white band along the 

 sides ; head with two white cross-bands ; fins black ; caudal with 

 white tips, and anal with a white posterior mai-gia. 



New Guinea ; AmbojTia ; Celebes. 

 a. Adult. Molucca Sea. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 h, c. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 d. Half-grown. Amboyna. Piu'chased of Mr. Stevens. 



3. Genyoroge sebsB. 



Seba, iii. 27. 2 ; Russell, pi. 99. 

 Diacope sebse, Cuv. cV Val. ii. p. 411. 



siamensis, C'lci: Sf Val. \i. p. 524. 



Mesoprion sebas, Blether, Perc. p. 45. 



D. 11. A. -^. L. lat. 40. CiBc. pylor. 4 (5 Cuv.). Vert. 10/14. 



Head one- third of the total length, equal to the height of the body; 

 the diameter of the eye is 4| in the length of the head ; the vertical 

 and horizontal margins of the prteoperculum serrated ; caudal fin 

 emarginate. Yellowish, with three broad blackish (reddish-violet) 

 cross-bands. 



Coast of Pondicherry ; Seas of Java, Amboyna, Waigiou ; Louisiade 

 Archipelago ; Coast of Mozambique. 



