104 liABEID^. 



minute, indistinct; caudal fin truncated; the first ventral ray not 

 produced. Yellowish (in spirits) : a series of four white spots between 

 the lateral line and the base of the dorsal fin ; anterior portion of the 

 back with series of blackish dots ; axil black ; anterior portion of the 

 spinous dorsal fin white. 

 Mauritius. 



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

 logical Society. 



4. Cossyphus diana. 



Labrus diana, Lac6p. iii. pp. 451, 522. pi. 32. fig. 1. 



Cossyphus diana, Cuv. 4* Val. xiii. p. 127 ; Bleek. Sumatra, iv. p. 86. 



D. ||. A. j^. L. lat. 32. L. transv. 4/12. 



Snout produced, pointed, its length being two-fifths of that of the 

 head ; head longer than high ; upper lip broad, with folds ; serrature 

 of the pra3operculum minute, indistinct ; caudal fin truncate, ventral 

 not produced. Three or four reddish-white spots above the lateral 

 line ; back of the tail and the portion between the lateral line and the 

 soft dorsal with black spots ; a black spot at the end of the lateral 

 line. 



Mozambique ; Mauritius. Sumatra, Batjan, and Amboyna. 



Var. a. A. ^. A white spot before the origin of the lateral line ; 

 anal and ventral fins uniform. 



a. Adult. Mauritius. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

 6. Half-grown: stuffed. Mauritius. 



Var. /3. A. ^. Operculum without white spot. Ventral with one 

 large, anal with two black spots, 

 c. Fine specimen. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



5. Cossyplias macmnis. 



Labrus hirsutus, Lacep. iii. p. 429. pi. 20. fig. 1 ; Cuv. B^gne Anim. 



macrourus, Lac6p. iii. p. 438. pi. 9. fig. 3, 



rubro-lineatus, Lac6p, iii. p. 433. 



Crenilabrus chabrolii, Less. Toy. Coqu. Zool. Poiss. p. 133. pi. 38, cop. 



by Guh: Iconog , iii. pi. 42. fig. 3. 

 Labrus spilonotus, Benn. Proc. Zool. Soc. iii. 1835-36, p. 207. 

 Cossyphus maldat, Cuv. fy Vol. xiii. p. 114. 



D. f^. A. ^. L. lat. 34. L. transv. 6/13. Vert. 11/17. 



Snout pointed, its length being more than one-third of that of 

 the head in mature, and one-third in haK-grown individuals; head 

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

 operculum minute, indistinct; caudal lobes slightly produced ; the 

 first ventral ray long. Head yellow, with eight violet longitudinal 



