392 PEISTIPOMATID.E. 



a. Large specimen. Madagascar. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 

 h. Adult. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowi'ing, Esq. 



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



d. Adult. Amboyna. From Madame Ida PfeiiFer's Collection. 



6. Casio caenilaureus. 



Cffisio cceridaiu'eiis, Lacep. iii. p. 86; Cui\ S( Vol. vi. p. 434 (cfi-. 



p. 559, and note by Valenciennes). 

 ? Smaris mauritianus, Qitoi/ ^- Gaim. Voi/. Freyc. Zool. Poiss. p. 290, 



pi. 44. f. 3. 

 ? Cassio azuraureus, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 1.30. 

 ? cffirulaiu'eus, var., Cant. Catal. p. 54. 



The height of the body is about one-fifth of the total length. 

 Above bluish, mth a golden longitudinal band along the lateral line ; 

 along each lobe of the caudal a blackish band. {Cuv.) 



Red Sea ; Isle de France ; Ceylonese Sea. 



It is very doubtful whether the fish described by RiippeU as Gcesio 

 azuraureus is to be referred to Cuvier's species. It has the formiila 

 D. j|, A. ^, no lateral band, and aj)pears to be higher in compari- 

 son with its length. On the other hand, the fish from the Red Sea, 

 described by Cuvier as a variety of C. ccerulaureus, p. 436, is probably 

 identical with C'cesio striatus of Ruppell. From the extremely deh- 

 cate structm-e of the fin-rays, it is veiy difficult to count them and 

 to give the correct numbers, but which is the more necessary, as we 

 do not yet know to what extent they vary in the species of this genus. 



7. Caesio striatus. 



Cfesio striatus, Rupp. Atl. Fische, p. 131. pi. 34. f. 1. 

 ? Cassio ccerulaureus, var., Cui: Sf Val. vi. p. 436. 



B. 6. D. ^. A. l^. L. lat. GO. L. transv. 8/13. 



The height of the body is 4| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 4^ ; the diameter of the eye is 3| in the latter, and shorter 

 than the snout. Violet, with four or five blackish longitudinal bands ; 

 along each lobe of the caudal a blackish band ; above the axil a black 

 spot. 



Red Sea. 



«. Fine specimen. Red Sea. 



8. Caesio chrysozona. 



Caesio chiysozoua, {KuJd S,- ran Ilass.) Cm: cS- J'al vi. p. 440. 



D. i-°. A. ^2- L. lat. 65. L. transv. 6/16. 



The height of the body is one-fifth of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-fourth ; the diameter of the eye is one-fourth of the 

 iattor, and nearly equal in length to the snout. A broad shining 



