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3. Duymaeria spilogaster. 



Crenilabrus spilogaster, JBleeJc. Japan, p. 416, and VerJuind. Batav. Ge- 



nootsch. xxvi. If. Nalez. Japan, p. 113. tab. 8. fig. 2. 

 Duymaeria spilogaster, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. i. p. 64. 



D. ^. A. |-. L. lat. 26. 



Posterior canine tooth? Praeoperculum distinctly serrated, with 

 two series of large scales. Anal spines strong. Brownish -yellow, 

 anteriorly and posteriorly with a violet shade ; a violet spot on the 

 operculum ; body with violet dots disposed in longitudinal series ; 

 caudal yellow, with violet margin. (Bl.) 



Sea of Nagasaki. 



4. DuymaBria filamentosa. 



Cossyphus filamentosus, Peters in Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 263. 

 D. :^- A. f-^. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 2/7. 



Two small posterior canine teeth on each side of the upper jaw. 

 The membrane behind each dorsal and anal spine is prolonged into a 

 very long black filatnent, sometimes nearly as long as the head. 

 Green, with fine vertical blue lines below the eye ; occiput with 

 black dots ; back and lateral line with black spots irregularly distri- 

 buted ; the middle of the side of the body with lighter spots and 

 black dots ; all the fins, except the pectorals, variegated with darker 

 and lighter. 



Mozambique. 



a. Adult. Mozambique. From Prof. Peters's Collection. 



5. Duymseria caeruleomaculata. 



D. :^. A. |. L. lat. 25. L. iransv. 2/8. 



Two posterior canine teeth on each side of the upper jaw ; pne- 

 operculum distinctly serrated ; anterior dorsal spines with yeUow 

 filiform lobes. Brownish-olive (in a dried state), each scale with a 

 large blue spot in the centre. 



Aneiteum (New Hebrides). 



a. Stuffed. From Mr. Macgillivray's Collection. 



Description of tlie specimen. — With regard to the general form, this 

 species does not differ from its congeners. The height of the body is 

 contained three times and one-third in the total length, the length of 

 the head three times and a half. Each of the jaws anteriorly with 

 four canine teeth, the outer of which are bent outwards. Cheek with 

 two series of scales ; praeoperculum with the Hmbs naked, and with 

 the posterior limb distinctly serrated. Pectorals rounded ; si)incs of 

 the fins rather strong : that of the ventral and the last of tlio dorsal 

 are nearly equal in length, their length being less than one-half of 

 that of the head ; the second dorsal spine is not much shorter than 

 the last ; the membrane behind the two or three anterior dorsal spines 

 is filiform, the filaments being not quite so long as the spines. The 



