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1 . Du3rniaeria aurigaria. 



Crenilabrus aurigarius, Richards. Voy. Sulph. Fishes, p. 90. tab. 45. 

 figa. 1 & 2. 



rubellio, Richards. I. r. p. 93. tab. 45. fig. 3. 



Duymseria aurigaria, Bieek. Act. Sac. Sc. Imlo-Nederl. i. Amboina, p. 53. 

 rubellio, Bleek. I. c. 



D. ^. A. -. L. lat. 22. L. transv. 2/6. Vert. 10/15. 



Two posterior canine teeth on each side of the upper jaw. I'roe- 

 operculura finely serrated, with two series of large scales, which are 

 partly imbedded in the skin. The lobes of the anterior dorsal spines 

 a"re more or less prolonged. Purplish : vertical fins with irregular red 

 lines ; sides of the head with tortuous blue bands ; a dark spot on the 

 operculum remains visible in specimens preserved in spirits. 



China. 



ff, h. Adult. China. — Types of C. aurigaiius. 



c. Adult. China, Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esij. — Type of C. 



I'uhelUo, 



d. Adult: stufifed. China, Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



e. Adult : skeleton. China, 



It is probable that Schlcgel is right in supposing that this species 

 is identical ft-ith D. Jiagellifera. The chief differences between the 

 descriptions ajipear to be : — 



1. The specimen of Valenciennes has a l)lack spot between the two 

 first dorsal spines ; none on the operculum. {^Duymceria jlaf/ellifera, 

 Cuv. & Val., Bleek.) 



2. The figure in the ' Fauna Japonica ' does not show any dark spot, 

 {Duynueria japonica, Block.) 



3. The fishes in the British Museum, described by Sir J. Richardson 

 under two different names, have a dark opercular spot ; none on the 

 dorsal fin. (Du>/mcer{a aurigaria and D. rubellio, Richards., Bleek, 

 = D. aurigaria, m.) 



Duymceria amhoinensis, Bleek, 7, c. p. 54, and Atl. Ichth. p. 78. 

 tab. 23. fig. 7, appears to me to bo identical with D. aurigaria. 

 The blue bands on the head of the species from China and Japan 

 disappear in spirits, and are entirely absent in the Amboyneae species, 



a. Adult. From Dr. P. v. Blocker's Collection as D. amhoinensis. 



2. Duymaeria flagellifera. 



Ctenolabrus flagellifer, Cuv. ?f Val. xiii. p. 240 ; ? Faun. Japan. Poiss. 



p. lOG. pi. 86. fig. 2. 

 Duymaeria flagellifer, Bleek. Act. Soc.Sc.Indo-Nederl. i. A>nboina,\>.53. 

 ? Duymseria japonica, Bleek. I.e. 



D. ff. A. |. L. lat. 20. 



Prceoperculum finely serrated. The lobes of the anterior dorsal 

 spines prolonged. [Purplish, head with tortuous blue bands ;J a 

 black spot between the first two dorsal spines. 



Japan. 



