16. LETHETNTTS. 461 



upper maxillary reaches to the vertical from the anterior nostril. 

 There is a slight protuberance before the upper anterior angle of the 

 orbit. Canine and molar teeth moderate. Dorsal spines moderate ; 

 the fourth rather shorter than the longest ray, and one-third of the 

 length of the head; caudalis forked, with pointed lobes. Olive; 

 bluish spots on the sides of the head. 



Red Sea ; Seychelles ; Coast of Mozambique. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Red Sea. From Dr. Riippell's Collection. 



15. Lethrinus opercularis. 



Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 289 ; Bleeker, Vei-Jiand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. 

 ^ar. p, 14. 



D.^. A.|. L. lat. 44. 



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

 head 3|-3f ; the diameter of the eye is 1| in the length of the 

 snout ; the praeorbital higher than the orbit. The molars of mode- 

 rate size. The fourth, fifth and sixth dorsal spines are the longest. 

 Greenish olive, the scales on the back with a pearl-coloured spot ; 

 the opercular margin red ; dorsal and anal fins rose-coloured, trans- 

 parent, with violet margin. {Bl.) 



Seas of Batavia, Bantam, and Samarang. 



16. Lethiinus xanthotsenia. 



? Lethrinus omatus, Cuv. 4" Val. vi. p. 310. 



Lethrinus xanthotsenia, Bleeker, Nuttmrk. Tijdschr. Nederl, Ind. 1851, 

 ii. p. 176. 



D.^. A.|. L. lat. 50. 



The height of the body is 31 in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3|-3| ; the diameter of the eye is 2g-3 times in the latter, and 

 equal to the length of the snout. Canine teeth small, the posterior 

 teeth short, tubercular. The fourth, fifth and sixth dorsal spines 

 longest ; caudalis slightly emarginate. Greenish olive, with five or 

 six yellow longitudinal bands ; the opercular membrane, the dorsal 

 and caudal fins red, the other fins yellow. {Bl.) 



Seas of Java and Sumatra. 



17. Lethrinus leutjanus. 



? Bodianus leutjanus, Lacep. iv. p. 281. 



? Lethrinus leutjanus, Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 309. 



Lethrinus leutjanus, Bleek. Verhand. Bat, Genootsch. xxiii. Spar. p. 14. 



D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 6/14. Ca;c. pylor. 3. 



The height of the body is 31 in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3^. The snout is rather elongate and pointed. The (hamcter 

 of the eye equals the width betwei'U the orbits, and is one-half 

 the length of the snout. The ujiper maxillary reaches to the vortical 



