46 SUUAMIPINNES. 



8. Holacanthus leucopleura. 



Bleeker, Solor, p. 79. 



D. ||. A. ^. L. lat. 44-46. L. transv. 7/22. 



The pra^opercular sjnne is smooth, and reaches to the base of the 

 pectoral, with two or three small teeth before its base ; the dorsal 

 and anal fins are angular posteriorly. Black : back with a large 

 white blotch beneath the tenth and eleventh dorsal spines ; ventral 

 posteriorly yellow ; anal broadly edged -with white. 



Seas of Lawajong (Solor) and AmbojTia. 



This species appears to be closely allied to, if not identical with, 

 Holacanthus tibicen, superficially described by Cuvier. 



a, b. Fine specimens. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



9. Holacanthus tibicen. 



Cuv. Sf Val. vii. p. 173. 



T) - A * 



The prseopercular spine reaches nearly to the base of the pectoral, 

 and is armed inferiorly with three small points. Brown, with a 

 large pale blotch on the shoulder, and another vertical and elhptical 

 one on the middle of the back, in the upper half. {Cuv.) 



Hab. ? 



Typical specimen in the Leyden Museum 



10. Holacanthus passer. 

 Valenc. in Voy. Venus, p. 327. pi. 6. 



D.|i. A. -J. L. lat. 75-80. 



The praeopercular spine is grooved, and reaches to the base of the 

 pectoral ; the dorsal and anal fins are produced into a point. Brown, 

 with a white transverse band from the sixth dorsal spine ; caudal, 

 ventral, pectoral, and the margins of the dorsal and anal fins yellow. 

 {Val.) 



Galapagos Archipelago (?). 



C. Body ornamented by several cross-banda. 



11. Holacanthus ciliaris. 



Willughby, tab. 0. 3. f. 1 ; ? Catesby, ii. pi. 31. 



Isabelita, Parra, pi. 7. f. 1. 



Chaetodon ciliaris, L. 3Ius. Ad. Fried, tab. 33. f. 1 ; i. Gm. i. p. 1252 j 



Bl. taf. 214; Bl. Schn. p. 218. 

 Chsetodon, sp., Gronov. Zoophyl. no. 231. 



parrse, Bl. Schn. p. 235. 



squamulosus, Shaw, Nat. Misc. p. 275. 



Holacanthus ciliaris, Lac^p. iv. pp. 527, 534 ; Cuv. 4* Val. vii. p. 154. 

 Chsetodon aculeatus, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 72. 



D. ij. A. ^. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 8/30. 



The praeopercular spine is grooved, and does not quite reach to 



