458 8PAR1D^. 



lateral series are of moderate size, conical and pointed, the hindmost 

 rather shorter and blunt. Dorsal spines moderate ; the tliird is 

 rather shorter than the longest ray, and 3^ in the length of the head. 

 OHve, each scale of the back and of the sides with a black vertical 

 streak at its base ; head, dorsal, caudal, anal, and ventral fins black- 

 ish brown ; the caudal vaiiegated with lighter. 

 Norfolk Islands ; Australian Seas. 



a. Adult, Norfolk Islands. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. — Type 



of the specie's. 



b. 18" long : stuffed. Voyage of H.M.S. Herald. 



c. Adult : stuffed. Cape York. Voyage of the Rattlesnake. 



d. Young ; stuffed. Cape York. Voyage of the Rattlesnake. 



e. Half-grown : stuffed. Victoria. Voyage of H.M.S. Herald. 



8. Lethrinus latifrons. 



Lethrinus variegatus, Cui\ ^ Val. vi. p. 287. |i 



elongatus, Cuv. (§• Val. vi. p. 289. 



P Lethrinui? seniieinctus, Cuv. 8( Val. \\, p. 294. 

 Lethrinus latifrons, Riipp. N, W. Fische, p. 118. taf. 28. f. 4 ; Bleek. 

 CeUh. i. p. 220. 



D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 50. Cebc. pylor. 2. 



The height of the body is five times in the total length, the length 

 of the head 3|^ ; the diameter of the eye is ?>\ in the length of the 

 head, and 1^ in that of the snout*; the snout is pointed, and the 

 upper maxillary bone does not reach to the vertical from the anterior 

 margin of the orbit. The interspace between the eyes equals one- 

 third of the greatest depth of the body. Canine teeth large ; all the 

 lateral teeth conical. The fourth dorsal spine is the longest, higher 

 than the soft dorsal, and -2^ in the length of the head. Greenish, 

 with five or six darker cross-bands ; the rays of the dorsal and caudal 

 fins variegated with darker, the other fins immaculate. 



Red Sea ; East Indian Seas. 



II. Species with distinct molar teeth. 

 A. With a blackish lateral blotch. 



9. Lethrinus harak. 



Scisena harak, Forsk. p. 52. 



Lethrinus harak, Riiiip. N. W. Fische, p. 116. taf. 29. f. 3; ? Bleek. 



Verhand. Batav. Gcnootsch. xxiii. Spar. p. 15. 

 ? Ijethrinus erythrurus, Cuv. (S" Val. w. p. 293. 

 ? Lethrinus rhodopterus, Bleek. Singapore, i. p. 65. 



D. ^. A. f . L. lat. 47. L. transv. 6/14. 



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

 head four times ; the snout moderately elongate and pointed, llic 

 diameter of the eye is longer than the distance between the eyes, and 



