240 TRACniNIL.E. 



G. Percis xanthozona. 



Bkeker, Perc. p. 55. 



1). 5f21. A. 18. L. lat. 65. 



The height of the body is one-seventh of the total Icngtli, the 

 length of the head one-fomth. Praeoperculum entire ; caudal rounded. 

 Greenish-brown, with nine or ten brownish cross-bands, and with a 

 broad yellow longitudinal band; opcrclcs striated and dotted with 

 blue ; the spinous dorsal brown, the soft dorsal with three, the anal 

 with one longitudinal series of black spots ; caudal ^\'ith a large yellow 

 blotch and several black dots. {Bl.) 



Sea of Batavia. 



7. Percis pulchella. 



Temm. Sf Scldeg. Faun. Jcqwn. Puiss. p. 24. pi. 10. f. 2; RicJiards. Ichth. 

 Jap. (§• Cliin. p. 21] 



D. 5 1 21. A. 18. L. lat. G2. L. transv. 6/18, 



The height of the bodj^ is six tinies in the total length, the length 

 of the head 4| ; the distance between the eyes is small, and one-half 

 the lengtli of the snout ; the ventrals do not reach to the origin of 

 the anal. Turplish-brown, ^^dth six darker cross-bars, interrupted 

 by a yelloAnsh longitudinal band ; head with light-blue lines ; the 

 spinous doi'sal brownish at the base, the soft yellowish, Avith three 

 series of yellow specks. ♦ Caudal and anal spotted with light blue, 

 the latter with a broad dark-brown margin. 



Sea of Japan. 



a. Adult. Japan. 



h. Skin : in spirits. Japan. From the Lcydon Museum. 



c. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



8. Percis cancellata. 



Labrus tetvacanthus, Laccp. iii. pp. 478, 488, ii. pi. 13. f. 3. 

 Percis cancellata, Cuv. i^- Val. iii. p. 208; Blcek. Batj. iii. p. 501. 



D. 5 I 21. A. ^. L. lat, 62 L. transv. 9/18. 



The height of the body is 6| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 4| ; the distance betAvecn the eyes is one-half the length of 

 the snout. The ventral fins reach nearly to the origin of the anal ; 

 the length of the fouith dorsal spine is much less than that of the 

 intermaxillaiy. Brown, with three series of light blotches, each 

 Avith darker centre : the first scries along the base of the dorsal ; the 

 second along the middle of the body, alternating with the former ; 

 the third corresponding to the second, across the belly, each blotch 

 oblong and continuous with that of the other side, white-edged ; a 

 round black spot on the suprascapula ; a large and broad l)rown 

 blotch below the eye : the spinous dorsal transparent, clouded with 

 brownisli ; the soft dorsal with three scries of brown specks ; caudal 



