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third. Brown, with six yellowish longitudinal bands : the first along 

 the middle of the neck and occiput ; the second from the eye to the 

 middle of the base of the soft dorsal ; the third, broader, from the 

 eye to the back of the taU, and continuing on the caudal ; the fourth 

 from the eye to the root of the caudal ; the fifth from the snout to 

 the lower pa^t of the caudal ; the sixth from the mouth to the anal. 

 Fins yellow ; the anal and dorsal fins with a basal and marginal 

 black band, the basal of the latter widening posteriorly, and extend- 

 ing to the top of the soft portion ; caudal fin with a median black 

 band, and with two other oblique ones on each lobe ; pectoral with 

 three spots, ventral with one large brown spot. 



23. Diagramma radja 



Sleeker, Atnboina, iv. p. 366. 



B. 6. D. j|. A. |. L. lat. 75. 



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 ; the fourth and 

 fifth dorsal spines longest, one-third of the height of the body. 

 Caudalis rounded ; the second anal spine longer than the third. 

 Yellow, with eight or nine black longitudinal bands, the fourth of 

 which runs from the eye to the caudal. The spinous dorsal with a 

 basal and with a marginal black band, continued on the soft portion ; 

 the caudal with a median longitudinal band, and with foui* or five 

 obHque streaks above and beneath; the anal with some blackish 

 spots; pectoral with a blackish spot at the base; ventral imma- 

 culate. (Bl.) 



Sea of Amboyna. 



24. Diagramma sebse. 



Seba, iii. 27. 17. 



Diagramma sebae, Bleek. Verh. Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. Scicen, p. 24. 



D.Jf. A.|. L. lat. 80. 



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

 head four times ; the diameter of the eye is 3-3| in the latter. The 

 second, third and foiirth dorsal spines are the longest, and 2| or 

 three times in the height of the body, the last is the shortest ; the 

 second spine of the anal tin longest, and one-third of the height of 

 the body, Caudalis truncated. Yellowish, with seven brown longitu- 

 dinal bands ; the vertical fins black-edged and spotted with blackish ; 

 pectoral and ventral fins yeUow, the former with -a red spot at the 

 base. {Bl.) 



Sea of Batavia and Banda Neira. 



25. Diagramma goldmanui. 



Bleeker, Ternate, ii. p. 602. 



B. 6. D. ||. A. J. L. lat. 65-70, 

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



