IG. LETHBINrS. 457 



marbled "with darker ; a black roundish blotch between the lateral 

 line and the pectoral fin. 

 China Sea. 



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

 ginal specimen of the figure quoted. 

 5, c. Adidt : skins. China. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



d. Half-grown. China. 



e. Half-grown. China. 



/, Half-grown: bad state. Hong Kong. From the Haslar Col- 

 lection. 

 g. Half-grown. Hong Kong. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 h. Half-grown. Hong Kong. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 i. Half-grown. 

 k. ? Young. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



B. Without blackish lateral blotch. 



6. Lethrinus reticulatus. 

 Cuv. 8f Val. vi. p. 298 ; Blceker, Ba7idu, iii. p. 96. 

 D.^. A.f. L.lat. 43(48?). 



The height of the body is 3^-4 in the total length, the length of 

 the head 3| ; the snout is pointed, scarcely longer than the diameter 

 of the eye, which is one -third of the length of the head ; the upper 

 maxillary bone reaches nearly to the vertical from the anterior mar- 

 gin of the eye. Canine teeth distinct and curved ; lateral teeth 

 conical, the posterior ones obtuse. Caudalis emarginate, with pointed 

 lobes. OKve or rose-coloured : head and body with violet specks, 

 arranged in irregular transverse bands ; generally two violet streaks 

 from the eye to the snout ; the spinous dorsal marbled with violet ; 

 ventral fins violet; the rays of the vertical fins with fine cross- 

 streaks. {Bl.') 



Seas of New Guinea and Banda. 



7. Lethrinus chrysostomus. 



Richards. Voy. Ereh. Sf Terr. IcUhyol p. 118. pi. CO, f. 6, 7. 



D.^. A.|-. L.lat. 48. L. transv. 5/16. 



The height of the body is three ""imes in the total length, the 

 length of the head 3^. The snout is elongate and pointed, and the 

 eye, in adult specimens, of rather small size, its diameter being less 

 than the distance between the eyes, or nearly one-third of the length 

 of the snout*. The upper maxillary reaches to the vertical from the 

 posterior nostril. Canine teeth rather strong; the teeth in the 



* In immature specimens of 6" length, the eye appears larger and tlie snout 

 less elongate, the diam_etcr of the former being 1^ in the lengtli of the latt«r. The 

 lateral teeth have more the appearance or molars, and become more pointed with 

 age only. 



