398 MULLlDiB. 



Upeneus vittatus et bivittatus, Citv. ^ Val. iii. p. 448, vii. p. 620; R'unp. 

 N. W. Fische, p. lOl. 



bitinniatiis^ Ifftntu-tt, P)-oc. Comm. Zool. Soc. 1830-.'}], p. 59. 



Uponcoid»;H bivitlatus, lilvekcr, Perc. p. G4, and Amhoina, vi. p. 411. 

 vittatus, Bleek. Act. Soc, Nederl. ii. Amboina, p. 4.'}. 



D. 8 1 1. A. 7. L. lat. 39. L. transv. 3/0. 



The lonptli of tlic licud \h 4^ in tho total ; tho barbels reach to 

 the vortical from tho aTi^jjhi of tbo jjnnoporculum ; the lu^if^lit of the 

 HpinouH (lorHal ih four-fiftliH of that of the body. Hody with two or 

 three longitudinal bands, Hliiniiif^ f^oldcn ; tlu^ sjtinouH dorsal with 

 the top black, and with one or two blackish bands ; tho upper lobe 

 of the caudal with throe or four, the lower with two or three oblique 

 black bands. 



From tho Rod Sea to nearly all tho Indian Seas. 



a. Adult. Philij)pincs. 



b. Adidt: very bad skin. Ceylon! Presented by tho Zoolof^cal Society. 



c. Half-f^rown. AiiiboyiUi. From Mr. Frank's Oollrction. 



d. Half-grown. India. From the llaslar Collection. 



e. f. Half-grown : very bad state. India. 



2. Upeneoides tragula. 



Upenoufl tragula, Richarchon, Ichth. China, p. -220. 

 UpeneoidoH variogatus, lilvekcr, I'crc. p. (54, and Act. Soc. Ncdcrl. ii. 

 Amboina, p. 48. 



D. 8||. A. 7. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 2/5. 



The length of the hpad is 4| in the total ; the barbels do not reach 

 to the vortical from the postonor margin of the pra)operculum. The 

 height of the spinous dorsal is threo-(|uarters of tliat of the body. 

 Vomerine teeth in two lateral stripes. Head, body, anal, pectoral, 

 (did v(!ntrul lins sparingly and irrcgulaily Ki)ottcd with brownish ; a 

 brown longitudinal ])aii(l from the snout tbrougli tlio eye to the base 

 of tho caudal ; dorsal lius largely marbled with Idackish ; each lobe 

 of the caudal with live or six o])li([ue brown cross-bands. 



East Indian Archipelago; Chinese Sea. 



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

 6. Adult. Philii)pin(!s. 



c. Adult : stuffed. Canton. Presented by J. R. Roeyea, Esq. 



d. Adult: stuffed. Voyage of H. M.S. Herald. 



3. Upeneoides sulphurous. 



Valcnt. iii. n. 504. fig. 505; Rvnard, \. 4.'{. 210. 



Cponeus sulphurous, Cuv. c^ Val. iii. p. 450. 



? llypcneus vittatus, var., (,'ant. Catal. p. 35. 



Upeneoides sulphurous, lileelcer, Act. Soc. Nederl. ii. Amboina, p. 45. 



D. 8 I -^. A. 7. L. lat. 38. 



The length of the head is 4^-4jJ in tho total ; tho height of tho 

 Rpinous dorsal is 1^ or 1^ in that of the body. Rose-coloured, with 



