15. COSSTPHUS, 105 



bands; body orange-coloured, with bluish longitudinal stripes or series 

 of spots ; a large black blotch between the soft dorsal fin and the 

 anal ; the spinous dorsal with a black spot anteriorly; the soft dorsal 

 and anal with brown dots and with a black margin ; the outer ven- 

 tral ray blackish. 

 Mauritius. 



a-b. Fine specimens. Mauritius. From the Collection of the Zoolo- 

 gical Society. — Types of Lahrxis spilonotus, Benn. 

 c~d. Adult : stuffed : bad state. Mauritius. 



6. Cossjrphus bilunulatus. 



Labrus bilunulatus, Lacep. iii. pp. 454, 526. pi. 31. 

 Cossyphus bUunulatus, Cuv. 8f Val. xiii. p. 121 ; Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. 

 Indo-Nederl. iii. Amboina, ix. p. 4. 



D.LJ. A.I. L.lat.34. 



Snout pointed, head longer than high ; serrature of the praeoper- 

 culum only visible at the angle; caudal lobes slightly produced. 

 Uniform yellowish-red, with a large black blotch between the soft 

 dorsal fin and the lateral line, not extending on the fin ; the spinous 

 dorsal with a black blotch anteriorly. 



He de France. Amboyna. 



a. Half-grown. Mauritius. Purchased of M. Parzudaki. 

 This fish is perhaps merely a variety of C. macrurus. 



7. Cossyphns albotseniatus. 

 Cossyphus albotseniatus, Cuv. Sf Vol. xiii. p. 141. 

 D.;|. A.i L.lat.30. 



Praeoperculum very finely serrated, entirely scaly ; caudal concave, 

 its angles not being produced. A broad white longitudinal band 

 below the eye, to the angle of the operculum, edged with brown 

 inferiorly ; four brown streaks between the eyes, and another broad 

 one passing through them ; an oblique brown strejik from the angle 

 of the mouth to the interoperculum ; throat white, \vith brown 

 spots. Body red, with brown longitudinal stripes, and with a large 

 black blotch across the back of the tail ; a black spot ^interiorly on 

 the dorsal fin. Fins yellowish. ( Vdl.^ 



Sandwich Islands. 



8. Cossyphus atrolumbus. 



Cossyphus atrolumbus, Cuv. df Val. xiii. p. 123. 



D. J-^. A. ^. L. lat. 35. L. transv. 6/14. 

 Posterior canine tooth very small, hidden in the skin. Snout 



