13. SC0L0PSI6L 357 



6. Scolopsis bilineatus. 



Anthias bilineatus, Block, taf. 325. f. 1 ; Bl. ScJin. p. 306. 

 Lutiaims ellipticus, Lacep. iv. p. 213. 



Scolopsides biliueatus, Cuv. ^ Vttl. v. p. 336; Bkek. Verh. Bat. 

 Gvuootsch. xxiii. Scicen. p. 28. 



D. ^. A. y. L. lat. 46. L. transv. 4/15. 



The snout is short, shorter than the diameter of the eye ; the 

 interspace between the eyes exceeds the diameter. Praeoperculum 

 notched above the angle. A yellowish band, edged with bro\vn, 

 ascends from the angle of the mouth in a slight curve upwards to 

 the origin of the soft dorsal ; a yellowish blotch on the l)ack, below 

 the posterior two-thirds of the soft dorsal. A yellow hne from the 

 origin of the dorsal to the middle of the forehead ; another, parallel, 

 above the eye ; a third through the eye, joining that of the other 

 side on the muzzle. Dorsal fin white, with a broad black streak on 

 the marginal half of the soft portion ; anal black in its anterior half, 

 white in its posterior. 



Seas of Amboyna and Celebes. 



a. Adult. AmbojTia. Purchased of Mr, Frank. 



b. Half-groAVTi. Celebes. 



c. Adult. Old Collection, as P«'ca /wnafrt. 



7. Scolopsis bimaculatus. 



Scolopsis bimaculatus, Riij^j). Afl Fisclw, p. 8. pi. 2. f. 2, and N. W. 



Fische, p. 126 ; Cuv. fy Val. v. p. 340. 

 Scolopsides tteuiatus, {Ehrenh.) Cuv. Sf Val. I. c. 

 iuermis, Rich. Ichth. China, p. 236 (not Schleg.). 



D. y. A. y. L. lat. 47. L. transv. 4/15. 



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

 head foiir times. The diameter of the eye is one-third of the length 

 of the head, and rather longer than the snout, or the interspace 

 between the eyes. Infraorbital arch with one strong spine ; the 

 spiniferous plate rather elevated, with several denticularions beneath 

 the spine. Prteoperculum with the angle projecting. Spines of the 

 fins rather slender ; the thii-d of the anal fin somewhat longer and not 

 thinner than the second. Caudalis sHghtly forked. Rose-coloured, 

 with a large oblong blackish blotch in the middle of the total length. 



Red Sea ; Ceylon ; Chinese Seas. 



a. Adult: stuffed. China Seas. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 j h. Fine specimen. 



8. Scolopsis inermis. 



Tvmm. ff Schley. Faun. Jiipon. Paiss. p. 03. pi. 28. f. 1 ; Bleek. Verh. 

 Bafuv. Goiiiiitsch. xxvi. p. 83. — [Bichards. Ichth. Cliina, p. 236, 

 belongs to Sc. bimaculatus.'} 



D. i?. A. ^. L. lat. 30. 



j The height of the body is 3f to 3f in the total length, the length 



