16. LETHBINtrS, 455 



spirita) ; head, body, dorsal and anal fins clouded with brownish ; a 

 quadrangular blackish blotch between the pectoral and the lateral 

 line ; the rays of the ventrals white, the membrane between black- 

 ish. Each joint of the rays of the vertical fins with a brownish 

 streak. 



Sunda and Molucca Seas. 



a. Adult. Moluccas. 



b. Half-growai. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



c. Half-grown. Ceram. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's Collection. 



d. Twenty-thi'ee inches long : skin : not good state. Ceylon. Col- 



lected by E. F. Kelaart, M.D. 



2. Lethrinus amboinensis. 

 Bleeker, Amhoina, v. p. 490. 



D.^. A.|. L. lat. 48. 



The height of the body is rather less than one-fourth of the total 

 length ; the length of the head is 3|- in it. The snout is rather 

 pointed, but not miich longer than the diameter of the eye ; the 

 upper maxillary does not reach to the vertical from the orbit. Canine 

 teeth of moderate size ; the lateral teeth conical, and not obtusely 

 roimded. The thii'd and foiu'th dorsal spines longest, rather more 

 than one-half of the height of the body. Caudalis emarginate, mth 

 pointed lobes. Head uniform olive ; a large blackish blotch between 

 the pectoral and the lateral Une ; back and sides largely marbled 

 with blackish ; base and spines of the dorsal fin and the pectoral 

 rays variegated with violet. 



Sea of Amboyna. 



a. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



3. Lethrinus moensii. 

 Sleeker, Natmirk. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. 1855, ix. p. 435. 

 D.^. A.|. L. lat. 48. 



The height of the body is about four times in the total length, the 

 length of the head 3| to 4. The snout is pointed, and much 

 longer than the diameter of the eye, which is 3-3 1 in the length of 

 the head. Space between the eyes flat. The upper maxillarj- bone 

 does not reach to the vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. 

 Canine teeth large, ciu'ved ; lateral teeth conical. The third dorsal 

 spine longest, lower than one-half of the heiglit of the body. Cau- 

 daUs forked, with pointed lobes, the upper of which is longer. Green- 

 ish ; snout and cheeks deep violet ; body with seven indistinct cross- 

 bands. In young and half-grown individuals a blackish blotch below 

 the anterior half of the soft dorsal, and partly below the lateral 

 line ; opercular membrane red ; each spine and ray of the dorsal fin 

 ■\vith a brown spot at the base. 



Seas of Groot-Oby, Batjan, and Timor ; Louisiade Ai-chipelago. 



