182 PEKCID.E. 



total ; the diameter of the eye one-fourth of the length of the head. 

 Denticulations of thelower marginof the proDopcrcuhim rather stronger 

 than those of the posterior ; caudalis notched ; pectoral fins reaching 

 to the base of the anal ; the third, fourth and fifth dorsal spines 

 longest ; the second anal spine longer and stronger than the third. 

 Red : brownish red on the back, -flath numerous oblique darker bauds 

 above the lateral line ; fins immaculate. 

 Sumatra ; Amboyna ; New Guinea. 



a. Adult. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



b. Half-grown. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection as Meso- 



prion annularis. 



c. d. Half-grown and yoimg. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Col- 



lection. 



13. Grenyoroge rivulata. 



Diacope rivulata, Cuv. ^ Vul. ii. p. 414. pi. 88 : Rdpp. N. W. Fische, 



p. 94. 

 ? Diacope alboguttata, Cuv. <§- Val. vii. p. 445. 



D.-LIL A..-i„. L. lat. 54. Ciec. pvlor. 5. 



U-IO 8-9 ^ '' 



The length of the head is 3f in the total, the height of the body 

 3i only. Caudal fin very slightly emarginate. Brownish, reticu- 

 lated with blue on the opercles ; each scale with a light centre and 

 a darker base and edge ; a white spot above the lateral line, opposite 

 to the front end of the anal fin, more or less visible in dried spe- 

 cimens ; fins blacldsh, with darker edges. 



Red Sea; Coasts of Coromandel and Malabar; Chinese and Javanese 

 Seas. 



a. Adult. China. 



b. Adult : stuffed. China. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



c. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



d. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased from Mr. Frank as Meso- 



pnon quadripunctatus. 



e. Adult : stuffed. Red Sea. From the Frankfort Museum. 



14. Genyoroge caenileopimctata. 



Bussell, i. p. 75. pi. 96. 



Diacope caeruleopunctata, Ctiv. ^- Val. ii. p. 424. 

 Mesoprion Cceriiloopimctatus, Bleeker, Natuurk. Tydschr. Nederl. Indie, 

 1851, p. 169. 



D. J|. A. |. L. lat. 45-50. 



The height of the body is 24 or 3 in the total length, the length of 

 the head 3^ in the same ; the diameter of the eye 3^4i in the length 

 of the head. Caudalis scarcely emarginate ; the third, fourth and 

 fifth dorsal spines longest ; the second anal spine strongest and 

 longest ; the first ray of the vcntrals rather elongate. Brownish 

 red, Avith blue streaks on the forehead, the cheeks, and opercles ; a 

 black ring on the lateral line, below the ft-ont part of the soft dorsal 

 fin ; fins immaculate. {Bl.) 



Coast of Coromandel ; Sea of Padang (Sumatra). 



