( iKiiUirnM;. 



I'luargiiiatL'. 'J'ho .subopci't-uhnn i.s elongated, willi the posterior 

 extremity produced beyond the operculuin. 'i'lie prajorbital broad, 

 rhomboid. Th'- space between the orbits is rather narrow and flat. 

 The occipital crest well developed, triangular ; the lateral crests are 

 scarcely visible. The bones of the humeral arch are rather strong, 

 and both the coracoid 1)ones arc joined together by a long horizontal 

 suture. The lower exti-emity of the radius is provided with several 

 peculiar processes. The pubic bones are rather elongate and narrow ; 

 each of ihein is formed by three lamellae of nearly equal development. 

 Thei-e are ten abdominal and sixteen caudal vertebrce, the lengtli 

 of the former j)ortion of the vertebral column being to that of the 

 laudal as 1 : I --j. The neural and htcmal spines are of moderate 

 length and strengtJi ; each of the interneuruls is dilated. The lirst 

 interhcnmal'is very strong, and evidently formed by two; it has two 

 ridges ^n each side, and a low one anteriorly. 



2. CiiThites punctatus. 



C/ir. c^ J'(i/. iii. p. 70. 



D. I". A. ^. L. hit. 42. ].. transv. 5/1(7. 



110 ' 



Head and trunk marbled ^ith brown, and with scattered black 

 points. Seven simple pectoral rays. The p( ctoral reaches to the 

 origin of the anal fin . 



Indian Ocean ? 



<(. Adult : stuffed. Sine patria. 



3. Cirrhites arcatus. 



Vufeid. iii. p. 497. fio-. 470; liniard, i. 18. 102. 

 Cirrhites arcatus, (Parki/is.) Cnr. ^ Vul. iii. p. 74; liicliards. lor/. 



Sanifir. Fishes, p. 20. pi. o. f. ;i-5 ; Lens. 1 'oi/. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 227 ; 



Cur. lii'f/iie Aniin. III. Puisn. pi. 10. f. 2; Bhrk. Avf. Sor. Nvderl. i. 



Maiiadd cti MacaHsar, p. 41. 

 Cirrhites vittatus, ( Valcnc.) (.'iir. JRr//tie .iiiim. III. I'om. p. 31). 



D. -■ A. ^. L. Lit. 50. L. Irunsv. -5-. Ciec. pylor. 4. 

 Vert. 10/1 fl 



Seven simple pectoral rays ; the firsl dorsal ray elongate. \ white 

 band above the lateral line from the middle of the body to the I'ppei- 

 half of the caudal ; a whitish semicircular line behind the orbit, 

 f'dged with brown. 



From the Mauritius to the Pacific. 



'/. Adult. Mauritius. From the liaslar Collection. 

 '». Adult: skeleton. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



Skeleton. — The skeleton is very similar to that of C. for.tfn-i; 

 It diffos, however, by the occipital ocst, which, instead of being 

 triangular, is semilunate. The first iiiterhspmal has a longitudinal 

 frino\e anteriorlv 



