326 PE1STIP0MAX1D.E. 



h. Adult: stufted. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



c. Adult. China. 



d. Half -grown. China. 



e. Adult: skeleton. China. 



/. Adidt : stuiFed. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



f/. Adult: skin. Nepal? Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



14. Diagramma chaetodonoides. 



Plectorhynchus chfetodouoides, Lacep. iii. p. 135, ii. pi. 13. f. 2. 

 Lutjanus chffitodonoides, Lacep. iv. pp. 195, 243. 

 Chsetodon plectorhynchus, Hhmc, Zool. iv. p. 356. pi. 49. 

 Diagramma plectorhynchus, Cuv. 8f Val. v. p. 294 ; Bleek. Verh. Batav. 

 Genootsch. xxiii. Scicen. p. 24. 



B. 7. D. i|. A. ^. Caec. pylor. 12. 



The height of the body is 2i in the total leng-th. The dorsal 

 spines of moderate length and strength, the second of the anal fin 

 rather long and strong. Browniish black, with nine white blotches 

 on each side, each with a blackish centre. The soft dorsal and the 

 anal white, with black spots ; the spinous dorsal blackish, wath a 

 whitish margin ; pectoral and ventral fins black. 



Sea of Batavia. 



Cuvier considers a fish in the Collection of the Leyden Museum as 

 a variety of this species : it has a whitish ground-colour, the back 

 marbled with blackish ; a whitish spot in front of the ventral fins, 

 another behind the pectoral, a thii'd, round, above the anal, and a 

 fourth, square, occupying the tail ; the vertical fins black-spotted. 



15. Diagramma pica. 



Seba, iii. 20. 31. 



Diagramma pica, Cuv. 4' Vol. v. p. 297. 



D. i?. A.|. L. lat. 85. 



The height of the body is 3^ in the total length ; the dorsal spines 

 one-foiu-th of the height of the body. Three large white spots on 

 each side, one across the muzzle, one across the neck, and a third 

 near the end of the spinous dorsal ; belly and lower parts of the 

 sides white, notched by the black coloration of the back. Dorsal fin 

 black, above the white spot white ; caudal white, with irregular 

 black bands and spots. (Cuv.) 



Sea of Otaheiti. 



16. Diagramma orientale. 



Anthias orientalis, Bloch, taf. 326. f. 3 ; Bl. ScJui. p. 306. 

 Lutjanus aurantius, Lacep. iv. p. 239. 

 Serranus orientalis, Cm\ <^ Val. ii. p. 318. 



