3oG PRISTIPOMATID.li;. 



which is ouc-third of the length of the head, and equal to the inter- 

 space between tlie eyes. The ni)per maxillaiy araicd witli a pro- 

 minent sen-ated longitudinal ridge, and extending to the vertical from 

 the front margin of the eye ; the infraorbital arch with two promi- 

 nent spines of nearly equal size. Praeopcrculum with stronger spinous 

 teeth at the angle, but the angle not prominent. Operculum with 

 a conspicuous spine. Spines of the fins slender ; the third of the 

 anal fin longer than the second. Caudalis emarginate. A shining 

 white longitudinal band between the lateral line and the middle of 

 th^ dorsal fin. 



Seas of Java, Ambo)Tia, New Guinea, and Vanicolo. 



a. Adult. AmbojTia. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



h. Adult. Amboyna. From Madame Ida PfeifFcr's Collection. 



4. Scolopsis auratus. 



Perca aurata, Mtimjo Park, Trans, Linn. Soc. iii, p. 35. 

 Antliias vosmeri, £1. tab. 321 ; SI. Schn. p. 304. 

 Lutjanus vosmtn-i, Laccp. iv. p. 213. 



am'covittatus, Laccp. iv. p. 216. 



Pomaccntrus enneadactylus, Lacep. iv. pp. 505, 508. 



Scolopsides vosmeri, Onv. i^ Val. v. p. 333 ; Bleak. Vcrit, Bat. GenootscJi. 



xxiii. Scicen. p. 27. 

 Scolopsis aurata, Cant. Catal. p. 81. 



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The height of the body is 2| in the total length, the length of the 

 head about four times ; the diameter of the eye is one-third of the 

 latter. The infraorbital arch with two prominent spines, and the 

 anterior spiniferous plate denticulated beneath the spine ; a part of 

 the prasopcrcular tee.th bent outwards, and most of them with a 

 miijute spine at the base, pointing downwards ; the second anal 

 spine longest and strongest, the first half its length. A silvery 

 longitudinal band beneath the lateral line, terminating opposite the 

 soft dorsal fin. 



Seas of Java, Sumatra, and Pinang. 



5, Scolopsis torquatus. 

 Chiv. ^ Val. V. p. 335; Bleek. Verh. Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. p. 28. 

 D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 41-42. L. transv. 4/15. 



Body rather elevated ; snout short ; pra^orbital .spine strong ; 

 angle of prajoperculum projecting; the spines of the fins rather 

 strong ; the second of the anal fin longer than the third. A broad 

 yellowish cross-band from the nape over the operculum. 



Sea of Batavia ; Molucca Sea. 



rt. Fine specimen. Moluccas (as Scolopsides collaris). 

 b. Adult. India. 



