1. TEUTHIS. 328 



fin emarginate. Greenish, with several irregular yello\rish longitu- 

 dinal lines, and with brownish cross-bands extending on the dorsal 

 fin. (Riipjj) 

 led Sea. 



Ri'ppell says that the pyloric appendages are absent in this species. 



25. Teuthis tetrazona. 

 .\mphacanthus tetrazona, Bleek. Celchea, vii. p. 441. 



The height of the body is contained twice and three-fifths in the 

 total length. Caudal ftn slightly emarginate. Yellow, with four pairs 

 of undulated brownish bands across the back. {Bl.) 



Coast of Manado. 



26. Teuthis doliata. 



Siganus doliatus, Cuv. R^gne Anim. ; Giierin, Iconogr. Poiss. pi. 35. 



fig. 1. 

 Amphacanthus doliatus, Cuo. 8f Val. x. p. 132 ; Cuv. R^gtie Anim. HI. 



Poiss. pi. 71. fig. 1 ; Bleek. Ternate, h. p. 605. 



The height of the body is contained twice and two-thirds in the 

 total length. Orange-coloured, with about thirty vertical bluish lines, 

 the last of which are bent, and run longitudinally along the hindtn- 

 part of the tail ; those above the pectoral are oblique, and those on 

 the operculum reticulated. — Cffic. pylor. 6. 



Coasts of Booroo, Temato, Vanicolo, and Timor. 



27. Teuthis puella. 



Amphacanthua puellus, Schhy. lii/dr. tot de Dierk. 1852, p. 39. fig. 2. 

 Amphacanthus cyanotsenia, Bleek. Temate, ii. p. 60(3. 



The height of the body is contained thrice and a fifth in the total 

 length. Orange-coloui-ed : the anterior portion of the sides with 

 about six undulated blue transverse streaks, the posterior with blue 

 longitudinal streaks, which are united with the hindmost transverse 

 streak ; a broad brown band from the neck through the eye to the 

 the lower jaw. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



28. Teuthis virgata. 



Amphacanthus virgatus, Cm\ 8f Val. x. p. 133 ; Mull. Sf Schleg. Verh. 

 Orerz. Bez. Vissch. p. 14. pi. 3. fig. 1 ; Bleek. Verh. Bafav. Genootseh. 

 xxiii., Teuth. p. 11. 



The height of the body is two-fifths or three-sevenths of the total 

 length. Body light brownish-yellow, forehead and neck with bluish 

 tx'ansverse stripes ; an oblique deep-brown, blue-edged band descends 

 from the fourth and sixth dorsal spines to the root of the pectoral ; 

 a second similar band from the origin of the dorsal to the orbit ; 

 the space between the two bands is yellow ; scattered blue dots on 



