8. DIAGRAMMA. 329 



18. Diagramma pcBcilopterum. 



Diagramma poecilopterum, Cuv. i^ Val v. p. 314 ; Faun. Japon. Poiss. 

 p. 61. 



23 5 



White, with six or seven black longitudinal bands, alternately 

 complete and interrupted; dorsal and caudal with round or irre- 

 gular black spots ; anal and ventrals black. 



Coast of Pondicherry ; Trincomalee ; Molucca Sea ; Japanese Sea. 



19. Diagramma lessonii. 



Cuv. Sf Val. V. p. 313 ; Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii, p. 199. pi. 24 (bad) • 

 Bleek. Batav. p. 463. 



B. 6. J).'^. A. I L.lat. 90. 



The height of the body is 3| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 4^ ; the diameter of the eye is 3| in the latter. DorsaUs even, 

 the third, fourth and fifth spines longest^ 2| in the length of the 

 head. CaudaUs truncated ; the second anal spine longer and stronger 

 than the third. Back and sides blackish brown, with five white 

 longitudinal bands (on the head six) ; belly whitish. All the bands 

 meet those of the other side on the crown and muzzle : the first 

 from the nape to the first dorsal rays ; the second from the crown to 

 the middle of the base of the soft dorsal ; the third from the upper 

 margin of the orbit to the back of the tail ; the fourth from the 

 lower posterior angle of the orbit to the middle of the root of the 

 caudal ; the fifth from the lower margin of the orbit to the lower part 

 of the tail ; the sixth on the head only, from the snout to the base 

 of the pectoral. The spinous dorsal blackish brown, with a serrated, 

 white, broad longitudinal band, continuing near and along the upper 

 margin of the soft dorsal, but narrower. The soft dorsal yellowish, 

 with a brownish-black narrow edge, besides the white band and 

 large round brown spots ; doi-sal and anal largely spotted ^vith brown ; 

 pectoral not coloured ; ventral with the outer half brown. 



Waigiou ; Amboyna. 



a. Fine specimen. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



20. Diagramma blochii. 



Anthias diagramma, Bl. tab. 320. 

 Grammistes diagi-amma, Bl. Schn. p. 184. 

 Spams diagramma, Shaw, Zool, iv. p. 440. pi. 65. 

 Diagramma blochii. Cut: 4" Val. v. p. 312. 

 Plectorhynchus blochii, Cantor, Catal. p. 77. 



B.6. D.- A.f 



The second, third and fourth dorsal spines equal or even slightly 

 exceed one-half of the height of the body ; the second and third anal 

 spines equal the length of the tenth dorsal spine, and slightly exceed 

 one-third of the height pf the body. YeUow : from between Ihc eyes 



