13. scoLorsis. 357 



6. Scolopsis bilineatus. 



Anthias bilineatus, Block, taf. 325. f. 1 ; Bl. Schn. p. 30G. 

 Lutianus ellipticus, Larep. iv. p. 213. 



Scolopsitles bilineatus, Cui\ ^ Val. v. p. 33G; Bleek. Verh. Bat. 

 Genootsch. xxiii. Scicen, p. 28. 



D. ^. A. l L. lat. 46. L. transv. 4/15. 



The snout is short, shorter than the diameter of the eye ; the 

 interspace between tlie eyes exceeds the diameter. Praeoperculum 

 notched above the angle. A yello\\dsh band, edged with brown, 

 ascends from the angle of the mouth in a slight curve upwards to 

 the origin of the soft dorsal ; a yellowish blotch on the back, below 

 the posterior two-thirds of the soft dorsal. A yellow line from the 

 origin of the dorsal to the middle of the forehead ; another, parallel, 

 above the eye ; a third through the eye, joining that of the other 

 side on the muzzle. Dorsal fin white, with a broad black streak on 

 the marginal half of the soft portion ; anal black in its anterior half, 

 white in its posterior. 



Seas of Amboyna and Celebes. 



a. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Franlc. 



h. Half-growTi. Celebes. 



c. Adult. Old Collection, as Perca /rewato. 



7. Scolopsis bimaculatus. 



Scolopsis bimaciUatus, Rilpji. Atl. Flsche, p. 8. pi. 2. f. 2, and N. IV. 



Fische, p. 126 ; Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 340. 

 Scolopsides ta^niatus, (Fhrenb.) Cuv. <^ Val. I. c. 

 luermis, Rich. Iclith. China, p. 236 (not Schley.). 



D. ^. A. y. L. lat. 47. L. transv. 4/15. 



The height of the body is 3-^- in the total length, the length of the 

 head four times. The diameter of the eye is one-third of the length 

 of the head, and rather longer than the snout, or the interspace 

 between the eyes. Infraorbital arch with one strong spine; the 

 spiniferous plate rather elevated, with several denticidations beneath 

 the spine. Prajoperculura with the angle projecting. Spines of the 

 fins rather slender ; the thii'd of the anal fin somewhat longer and not 

 thinner than the second. Caudalis slightly forked. Rose-coloured, 

 with a large oblong blackish blotch in the middle of the total length 



Red Sea ; Ceylon ; Chinese Seas. 

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

 h. Fine specimen. 



8. Scolopsis inermis. 



Temm. 8f Schley. Faun. Jajmi. Poiss. p. 03. pi. 28. f. 1 ; Bleek. Verh. 

 Batav. Genootsch. xxvi. p. 83. — Richards. Ichth. China, p. 236, 

 belongs to Sc. bimaculatus.^ 



D. ^, A.-i. L. lat. 30. 

 The height of the body is 3f to 3f in the total Icngtii, the Icnglh 



