408 MULLIDiE. 



bands yellow or white ; sometimes a tliird black band from the spi- 

 nous dorsal. An oblong black spot behind the eye. The basal half 

 of the second dorsal black, the upper half with white longitudinal 

 bands ; the anal with blackish longitudinal bands. 

 From the Indian Ocean to Polynesia. 



a. Adult. China. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



b. Adult. China. 



c. Young. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



d. Half-grown. Celebes. 



e. Adult : skin : bad state. Ceylon. Presented by the Zoological 



Society. 

 /. Adult : skeleton. India. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 g. Half-grown. India. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 h. Half-grown. India. From the Haslar Collection. 

 i. Half- grown. India. From the Haslar Collection. 



Var. — Anterior portion of the body black, with two white longi- 

 tudinal bands, one fi'om the muzzle above the eye to the origin of the 

 soft doi-sal ; the second oblique, from the cheek below the eye to the 

 lateral line. A black spot on each side of the tail instead of the 

 caudal band. 



Jc. Half- grown. East Indies. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



The skeleton of this species is entirely similar to that of Upenms 

 barberinus : the length of the abdominal portion of the vertebral 

 column is to that of the caudal as 1:1-6^ 



10. Upeneus maculatus. 



Mar ff rave, pp. 156, 181. 

 Mulius maculatus, Bl. taf. 348. f. 1. 



Upeneus maculatus, Cut: ^^• Val. iii. p. 478 ; Poey, Mem. Cub. p. 223 ; 

 Castcln. Anim. nouv. ou rares Atiier. Sud, p. 6. 



D. 8 I 9. A. 7. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 3/6. 

 Caec. pylor. 8-9 {Cuv. ; 18, Poey). Vert. 10/14. 



The height of the body is 4| in the total length ; the interspace 

 between the eyes one-half of the leng-th of the snout, and flat. Two 

 black blotches on the lateral line, corresponding to the two dorsal 

 fins. 



Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



a-i. Adult and half-grown : sldns. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's 



Collection, 

 h. Half- grown. 

 I. Half-grown. West Indies. 

 m. Adult: stuffed. West Indies. From Mr. Scrivener's Collection. 



11. Upeneus punctatus. 



Cuv. ff Veil lii. p. 482. 



D. 7 1 9. A. 7. 



Red, each scale with a lilac centre ; on each side of the snout 



