498 SPAEID*. 



2. Pimelepterus fuscus. 



Xystor fuscus, (Comnwrs.) Lacep. v. pp. 484, 485. 

 Pimelepterus fuscus, Cuv. Sf Vol. vii. p. 264; Rilpp. N. W. Fische, 

 p. 34. taf. 10. f. 3. 



I). % A. •^. L. lat. 68. L. transv. 12/22. Cfec. pylor. ca. 1000. 



12 11 ' ■^*' 



Yert. 9/16. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length ; the dis- 

 tance between the eyes is 2g in the length of the head. The soft 

 portions of the dorsal and anal fms lower than the longest dorsal 

 spine. The horizontal portion of the incisors three times as long as 

 the vertical. Uniform greyish. 



Cape of Good Hope ; Red Sea. 



a. 21 inches long : stiiffed. Eed Sea. From Dr. EiippeU's Collection. 

 h. 25 inches long : stuffed. 



c. 21 inches long : stuffed. 



d. Young. Old Collection, as Chcefodon cijprlnoides. 



3. Pimelepterus waigieusis. 



Pimelepterus waigieusis, Quoy S,- Gaim. Votj. Freyc. Zool. p. 386. pi. 02. 



f. 4. 

 Pimelepterus niarciac, Cuv. SjVal. vii. p. 267; Ri'qip. N. W.Fisclie,'^. 35. 



D. i^zil. A. ^. L. lat. 75. L. transv. 12/20. Ca3c. pylor. 5-6. 



15-14 13 / ^ *^ 



The height of the body is 2| to 2| in the total length. The breadth 

 between the eyes is 2t in the length of the head. The spinous 

 dorsal fin is rather higher than the soft portion and the anal. The 

 horizontal part of the incisors is distinctly longer than the vertical. 

 Greyish ; a silvery streak along the prteorbital. 



Coasts of New Guinea, Java, and Amboyna. 

 a. Adult. Old Collection, as Chceiodon cyprinoides. 

 h. Half-grown. Pm-chased of Mr. Frank. 



c. Half-grown. Amboyna. Pm-chased of Mr. Frank. 



d. Half-grown : stuffed. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 



e. Yoimg. India. 



4. Pimelepterus lembus. 



Ohv. <^- Val. vii. p. 269 ; Blcek. Batav. p. 469. 



D. ji. A. f^. L. lat. 60. L. transv. 10/18. 



The height of the body is Sj in the total length; the space 

 between the eyes is 2| in the length of the head ; the horizontal 

 portion of the incisors is twice the length of the vertical. The 

 spinous portion of the dorsal fin higher than the soft. Bluish, with 

 brown longitudinal streaks ; a golden band from the muzzle through 

 the eye to the opercidum ; another from the maxUlary to the pra^- 

 operculum. 



Seas of Bata\ia and Vanicolo. 



a. Adult: not good state. Moluccas. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



