15. COSSYPHTJS. lOU 



1. Cossyphus mesothorax. 



Eenard, tab. 26. no. 143 ; Valent iii. p. 388. fig. 126. 



Labrus mesothorax, £1. Schn. p. 254. 



Cossyphus mesothorax, Cuv.Sf VaLxiii. p. 129; Bleek. Verhand.Batav. 



Getiootsch. xxii. Labr. p. 13. 

 Scarus mordax, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 64. 



D. i^. A. ^. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 4/12. 



Snout pointed, its length being one-third of that of the head ; 

 upper lip broad, with folds ; serrature of the prgeoperculuni minute, 

 distinct; caudal truncated. Head and anterior part of the body 

 reddish-brown, posterior parts reddish-yellow, both colours separated 

 by an oblique deep-black band running from the base of the pectoral 

 towards the hind part of the spinous dorsal ; axil black ; a horizontal 

 black band behind the angle of the mouth. 



Molucca Sea. 



a. Fine specimen. Coram. From Mr. Stevens's Collection. 

 6. Fine specimen. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank, 

 c. Adult : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



2. Cossyphus axillaris. 



Labrus axillaris, Benn. Proc. Conmi. Zool. Soc. i. 1831, p. 106. 

 Cossypbus axillaris, Ctw. <^ Vcd. xiii. p. 131. pi. 371. 



D. IJ. A. fry L. lat. 34. L. transv. 5/13. 



Snout pointed, one -third of the length of the head ; head longer 

 than high ; upper lip broad, with folds ; serrature of the proeoper- 

 culum minute, indistinct ; caudal fin subtruncated ; the first ventral 

 ray produced. Purplish-red anteriorly, posterior part of the body 

 and fins yellowish: a black spot on the base of the pectoral, a 

 second and third on the commencement of the spinous and of the soft 

 dorsal, and a fourth behind the last anal spine ; ventrals dotted with 

 brown. 



Mauritius ; Madagascar ; Ulea ; New Hebrides. 



a. Type of the species. Mauritius. From the Collection of the 



Zoological Society. 



b. Adult. Mauritius. From Mr. Gerrard's Collection. 



c. Adult. Madagascar. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



d. Adult : stufied. Aneiteum. From Mr. MacgiUivray's Collection. 



3. Cossyphus leucosticticus. 



Labrus leucosticticus, Benn. Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. i. 1831, p. 166. 



D. 1^. A. ^. L. lat. 32. L. transv. 4/12. 



Snout pointed, one-third of the length of the head ; head longer 

 than high; upper lip broad, with folds ; serrature of the praeoperculum 



