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PBBCIDiE. 



1. Genyoroge nigra. 



Scisena nigra, Forskal, Descr. Anim. p. 47. 

 Lutjanus niger, Bl. Schn. p. 326. 



Diftcope nigra, Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 431 : Riipp. N. W. Fisehe, p. 93. 

 t. 24. f. 1. 



^•tS-5- ^'^v L.lat. 45-50. 



The height of the body is more than one-third of the total length j 

 the le^igth of the head is 3| in the same ; the upper profile of the 

 head is very convex, forming a quarter of a circle. Praeoperculum 

 serrated, with stronger denticulations at the angle ; the prominence 

 of the interoperculum like a spine, directed forwards. Pectoral fins 

 long, reaching to the front end of the anal; caudal truncated. 

 Uniform black. 



Eed Sea. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Red Sea. 



2. (Jenyoroge macolor. 



Macolor, Renard. i. pi. 9. f. 60, ii. pi. 7. f. 30: Valent. iii. p. 348. 



pi. 1. f. 1. 

 Diacope macolor, Cuv, 8f Val. ii. p. 415, Less. M&m. Hoc. Hist. Nat. 



iv. p. 409, and Toy. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 230. pi. 22. f. 2. 

 Mesoprion macolor, Bleek. Celeb, iii. p. 752. 



D.i?. A.^. Caec. pylor. 4. 



Praeoperculum indistinctly serrated. Caudalis truncated ; pectoral 

 and ventral fins very long, reaching far beyond the front end of the 

 anal. Black, belly lighter ; a series of three white spots along the 

 base of dorsal fin, two other spots below ; a white band along the 

 sides ; head with two white cross-bands ; fins black ; caudal with 

 white tips, and anal with a white posterior margin. 



New Guinea ; Amboyna ; Celebes. 



a. Adult. Molucca Sea. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



b, c. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



d. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



3. Genyoroge sebae. 



Seba, iii. 27. 2 ; itussell, pi. 99. 

 Diacope sebse, Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 411. 



siamensis, Cuv. Sf I'al. vi. p. 624. 



Mesoprion seboe, Bleeker, Perc. p. 4o. 



D. Ji. A. -^. L. lat. 40. CaDc. pylor. 4 (5 Cuv.). Vert. 10/14. 



Head one-third of the total length, equal to the height of the body; 

 the diameter of'the eye is 4| in the length of the head ; the vertical 

 and horizontal margins of the praeoperculum seiTated ; caudal fin 

 emarginate. Yellowish, with three broad blackish (reddish-violet) 

 cross-bands. 



Coast of Pondicherry ; Seas of Java, Amboyna, Waigiou ; Louisiade 

 Archipelago ; Coast of Mozambique. 



