12 SQUAMIPINNES. 



17. Chaetodon bennetti. 



Chfetodon beiuiotti, Cur. &, J'al. vii. p. 84; Bleck. Batav. p. 4G7. 

 vinctus, Binn. Voy. Beech, p. 62. pi. 17. f. 1 (faulty). 



I>•^^ ^-^e- L.lat.40. 



The snout is obtuse, nearly equal in length to the diameter of the 

 eye ; pra^operculum indistinctly denticulated at the angle ; anal and 

 dorsal fins rounded posteriorly. The ocular band is narrower than 

 the orbit, reaches from the nape of the neck to the lower margin of 

 the interopercidum, and is edged Avith silvery-white. A large round, 

 black, white-edged spot on each side of the back, below the posterior 

 dorsal spines ; two oblique pearl-coloured bands descend from the 

 operculum towards the anal fin, one above the root of the pectoral, 

 the other below ; the soft dorsal and anal and the caudal with a broad 

 blackish margin. 



Molucca Sea. 



a. Fine specimen. Amboj-na. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



The figure quoted represents en-oneously nine dorsal spines, and 

 has served for the description given by Cuvier. 



18. Chsetodon speculum. 



Chsetodon speculum, (Kichl S^- van JIass.) Cut: Sf Vol. vii. p. 73 ; Bleck. 



Banda, i. p. 242. 

 ? Chaetodon spilopleura, (Reinw.) Cuv. Sr Val. vii. p. 74. 



D. ||. A. ^. L. lat. 40. 



The dorsal and anal fins are rounded posteriorly. The ocular 

 band is continued over the chest. An ovate black spot of the size 

 of the head, on the back, below the middle of the dorsal fin ; caudal 

 edged with, brown. 



Molucca Sea. 



19. Chsetodon capistratus. 



Seha, iii. 25. 16, ? iii. ^0. 35. 



Chaetodon capistratus, L. Mus. Ad. Fried, tab. 33. f. 4 ; L. Syst. Nat. 



p. 465 ; L. Gm. p. 1252 ; Bl. t. 205 ; Bl. Schn. p. 222 ; Risso, Eur. 



Merid. iii. p. 432; Cuv. 4* Val. vii. p. 64; Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 67. 

 Tetragon opterus, sp., Klein, Miss. iv. p. 37. no. 2. t. 11. f. 5. 

 Duhamel, Peches, ii. sect. 4. pi. 13. f. 2. 



J).}im. A.^. L. lat. 42. L. transv. 6/17. Ca3c. pylor. 8. 



The snout is very slightly produced, and nearly equal in length to 

 the diameter of the eye ; pra;operculum ver}^ indistinctly serrated. 

 The soft doi-sal and anal angular posteriorly. The black ocular band 

 is white-edged, much narrower than the eye, and extends over the 

 interoperculimi, not over the chest. A round black, white-edged spot 

 immediately before the angle made by the dorsal fin and the back 

 of the tail ; blackish oblique streaks along the series of scales, those 

 of the upper half of the body descending forwards, those of the lower 

 ascending forwards. A greyish band edged with black acro-ss the 



