7. PERCis. 239 



along the base, and with a black speck on each interval between the 

 rays, near the margin of the fin. 

 He de France. 



a, b. Fine specimens. From the Haslar Collection. 

 4. Percis hexophthalma. 



Percis hexophtalma, (UJircnh.) Ciiv. <^ Val. iii. p. 271, vii. p. 507. 



polyophtalma, {Ehrenh.) Cuv. ^ Val. iii. p. 272. 



cylindrica, Riipp. Atlas Fische, p. 19. t. 5. f. 2 (not Cuv.). 



caudimaculata, Riipp. Neue JVirbelth. Fische, p. 98j Bleeker, Perc. 



p. 54, and Celebes, iv. p. 11. 



D. 5 I 19. A. 18. L. lat. 62. L. transv. 7/19. 



The height of the body is seven times in the total length, the 

 length of the head 4^. The distance between the eyes is one-third 

 of the length of the snout. The ventrals reach to, or nearly to, the 

 origin of the anal fin. A large black central blotch on the caudal ; 

 along each side of the belly three or more white rings ^A'ith black 

 centre. The spinous dorsal with a black basal spot ; the soft dorsal 

 with tliree longitudinal scries of black spots, the anal with one. 



From the lied Sea to the Louisiade Archipelago. 



a. Adult. 8ine patria. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 h. Adult : stuffed. Sine patria. 



c. Adult : stuffed. Louisiade Archipelago. Voyasre of the ' Rattle- 



snake.' 



d. Adult. Red Sea. 



e. Adult. Old Collection. 



Riippell says that this species has no pyloric appendages. 



5. Percis cylindrica. 



Si^a, iii. 27. 16. 



Scieena cylindrica, Block, taf. 299. f. 1 ; Lacep. iv. p. 314. 

 Bodianus sebaj, Bl. Schn. p. .335. 



Percis cylindrica, Cuv. 3f Val. iii. p. 267 ; Bleek. Batida, i. p. 235 (not 

 Jiiip2).). 



D. 5 I 21. A. 18. L. lat. 50. 



The height of the body is 5 A to 0| in the total length, the length 

 of the head 4g to 4|. Ventral fins rather elongate, reaching to the 

 fifth anal ray ; the third and fourth dorsal spines rather longer than 

 the intermaxillary. Body with nine or ten cross-bands ; a brown 

 band from the eye to the throat ; interoperculum spotted with yellow 

 and brown ; the spinous dorsal blackish, the soft dorsal and anal 

 spotted with whitish and brown, the caudal with black. 



Molucca Sea ; Chinese Sea. 



a, 6. Adult and half- grown. Amboyna. From Mr. Franks Collection. 



c. Adult. Philippines. 



d. Adult. China Seas. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 



e. Adult. Sir Charles Hardy's Island. Presentedby J. B. Jukes, Esq. 

 /. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



g. Young. 



