8. UIAUKAMMA. 323 



u. Adult. Red Sea. From the Senckenberg Museum. 

 h. Adult: .stuffed. 



The fish mentioned by Sir J. Richardson (Ichtht/ol. China, p. 227) 

 cannot belong to this species, its numbers being — D. — . A. ^. 



11. Diagramma pajdalis. 



Diagi-amma pardalis, (Kuhl (^ v. Hasselt) Guv. ^ Val. v. p. .'500. 



D. j|. A. ~. L. lat. 80. L. transv. 12/22. 



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

 of the head 3f ; the diameter of the eye is 4| in the length of the 

 head, and one-half of that of the snout. The upper maxillary does 

 not extend to the vertical from the front margin of the orbit. Prae- 

 operculum with the posterior limb vertical, and the angle rounded, 

 fiiely and equally serrated. The dorsal fin cannot be entirely con- 

 cealed in a scaly sheath ; it is deeply notched, vnth the middle part 

 of the soft portion elevated ; the spines are moderate, the fourth the 

 longest, and 2k in the length of the head. Caudalis emarginate ; the 

 second and third anal spines nearly equal in length, but the former 

 stronger. Head, body, and vertical fins covered with numerous 

 round brown spots ; the spinous dorsal edged with deep black ; pec- 

 toral and ventral fins blackish, the former dotted with brown. 



Javanese Sea. 



a. Large specimen (15"). 



h. Large specimen : not good state : has been in cliloride of zinc. 



Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 f. Half-grown : .stuffed : bad state. 



12. Diagramma punctatum. 



Diagramnia piuictatum, (Ehroib.) Cur. 4' '^"'- v. p. .'302 ; Faun. Japan. 



Poiss. p. 60; RUpp. All. Fische, p. 120. taf. 32. f. 2, and N. W. 



Fische, p. 125 ; Quay fy Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Poiss. pi. 12. f. 2. p. 699 • ; 



Cuv. Regne Anim. III. Poi^s. pi. 30. f. 3; Sleeker, JWh. Butav. 



Getiootsch. xxiii. Scicen. p. 25 (not synonymy). 

 Holocentrus radjabou, Lucep. iv. pp. 335, 374. 

 Diagi-amma cinerascens, Cur. il!j- Val. \. p. 307 (adult) ; RUpp. At I. 



p. 127. 



B. 7. D. ~. A. y. L. lat. 85. Yert. 12/15. 



The height of the body is 3^ in the total length, the length of the 

 head 44-. The width of the eye is scarcely longer than the extent 

 of the snout, and 3.| in the length of the head. The upper maxillary 

 extends to the vertical from the front margin of the orbit. Pne- 

 operculum with the posterior limb vertical, and the angle rounded, 

 finely and equally serrated. The doi-sal fin moves in a high scaly 

 sheath, and is even or slightly notched ; the spines are moderate, 

 the second and third the longest, half the length of the head. Cau- 



• These natui-nlists give the following uumbers : B. ">. D. — . A. — , &c. (I). 



Y 2 



