182 PEliCIDJi. 



total ; the diameter of the eye one-foiirth of tlie length of the head. 

 Denticulations of thelower margin of the prseoperculum rather stronger 

 than those of the posterior ; caudalis notched ; pectoral fins reaching 

 to the hase of the anal ; the thii'd, fourth and fifth dorsal spines 

 longest ; the second anal spine longer and stronger than the third. 

 Red : bro's\aiish red on the back, -with numerous obhque darker bands 

 above the lateral line ; fins immaculate. 

 Sumatra ; Amboyna ; New Guinea. 



a. Adult. ArabojTia. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



b. Half-grown. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection as Meso- 



prion annularis. 



c. d. Half-grown and young. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Col- 



lection . 



13. Genyoroge rivulata. 



Diacope riviilata, Cuv. i^- T'al. ii. p. 414. pi. 38 ; Riipp. N. W. Fische, 



p. 94. 

 ? Diacope alboguttata, Cuv. Sr Veil. vii. p. 445. 



D. -i^. A. r5- . L. lat. 54. Ciec. pylor. 5. 



14-10 8-9 ^ •' 



The length of the head is 3| in the total, the height of the body 

 3i only. Caudal fin very slightly emarginate. Brownish, reticu- 

 lated with blue on the opercles ; each scale with a light centre and 

 a darker base and edge ; a white spot above the lateral line, opposite 

 to the front end of the anal fin, more or less \'isible in dried spe- 

 cimens ; fins blackish, with darker edges. 



Eed Sea; Coasts of Coromandel and Malabar; Chinese and Javanese 

 Seas. 



a. Adid.t. China. 



h. Adult : stirff'ed. Cliina. Purchased of Mr. "Warwick. 



c. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by J. E. Reeves, Esq. 



d. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased from Mr. Frank as Meso- 



prion quadripunctatiis . 



e. Adult: stuffed. Red Sea. From the Frankfort Museum. 



14. Genyoroge cseruleopunctata. 



Russell, i. p. 75. pi. 90. 



Diacope cseruleopunctata, Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 424. 

 Mesoprion cferuleopimctatus, Bleeker, Natuurk. Tydschr. Nederl. Indie, 

 1851, p. 1G9. 



D. {^. A. |. L. lat. 45-50. 



The height of the body is 2-| or 3 in the total length, the length of 

 the head 3-^ in the same ; the diameter of the eye 3i— 41 in the length 

 of the head. Caudalis scarcely emarginate ; the third, fom-th and 

 fifth dorsal spines longest; the second anal spine strongest and 

 longest ; the first ray of the ventrals rather elongate. Brownish 

 red, with blue streaks on the forehead, the cheeks, and opercles ; a 

 black ring on the lateral line, below the front part of the soft dorsal 

 fin ; fins immaculate. {Bl.) 



Coast of Coromandel ; Sea of Padang (Sumatra). 



