16. LETHEiNus. 457 



marbled with darker ; a black roundish blotch between the lateral 

 line and the pectoral fin. 

 China Sea. 



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

 ginal specimen of the figure quoted. 

 h, c. Adult : skins. China. Purchased of Mr. Warwick, 



d. Half-grown. China. 



e. Half-grown. China. 



/. Half-grown: bad state. Hong Kong. From the Haslar Col- 

 lection. 

 g. Half-grown. Hong Kong. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 h. Half-grown. Hong Kong. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 i. Half-grown. 

 Tc. ? Young. From the Collection of the Zoologioal Society. 



B. Without blackish lateral blotch. 

 6. Lethrinus reticulatus. 

 Cuv, !§• Vol, vi. p. 298 ; Bleeker, Banda, iii. p. 96. 

 D.^. A.f. L.lat. 43(48?). 



The height of the body is 3^-4 in the total length, the length of 

 the head 3| ; the snout is pointed, scarcely longer than the diameter 

 of the eye, which is one-third of the length of the head ; the upper 

 maxillary bone reaches nearly to the vertical from the anterior mar- 

 gin of the eye. Canine teeth distinct and curved ; lateral teeth 

 conical, the posterior ones obtuse. CaudaUs emarginate, Avith pointed 

 lobes. Olive or rose-coloured : head and body with violet specks, 

 arranged in irregular transverse bands ; generally two violet streaks 

 from the eye to the snout ; the spinous dorsal marbled with violet ; 

 ventral fins violet j the rays of the vertical fins ■with fine cross- 

 streaks. {Bl.) 



Seas of New Guinea and Banda. 



7. Lethrinus chrysostomus. 



Richards. Voy. Ereb. S; Terr. Ichthyol. p. 118. pi. 60. f. 6, 7. 



D. •^. A. |. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 5/16. 



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

 length of the head 3-1-. The snout is elongate and pointed, and the 

 eye, in adult specimens, of rather small size, its diameter being less 

 than the distance between the eyes, or nearly one-third of the length 

 of the snout*. The upper maxUlary reaches to the vertical from the 

 posterior nostril. Canine teeth rather strong ; the teeth in the 



* In immatiu'e specimens of G" length, the eje appears larger and the snout 

 less elongate, the diameter of the former being lA in the longtli of the latter. Tho 

 lateral teeth have more the appearance of molars, and become more pointed with 

 age only. 



