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spots similar to those on the body. Dorsal and anal fins with a 

 black, yellow and blue margin and Avith nuraero\is white dots, but 

 without longitudinal lines ; caudal uniform yellow. 

 Mauritius ; Amboyna. 



a. Fine specimen. Mauritius. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 b-c. Fine specimens. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



3. Anampses cuvieri. 



Quoj/ 8f Gaim. Voy. iVeyc. Paiss. p. 276. pi. 55. fig. 1 ; Cuv. Hf Val. xiv. 

 p. 11. 



D. ^. A. -. L. lat. 27. 



12 12 



Brownish-olive, thoracic region red ; each scale with a round 

 white spot ; head with small spots on its lower parts. Dorsal and 

 anal fins with small blue dots and three or four blue longitudinal 

 lines ; caudal reddish near the b^se and greenish posteriorly. 



Sandwich Islands. 



a. Adult : skin. Sandwich Islands. From the Collection of the 



Zoolog-ical Society. 

 6. Adult : skin. 



4. Anampses melanums. 



Sleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. ii. Amboina, viii. p. 79, &nA Ail. Ichth. 

 p. 103. tab. 25. fig. 1. 



D.^. A.:^. L. lat. 27. 



Violet, each scale with a round white spot ; head and thorax with 

 spots which are much larger than those on the body ; opercular mem- 

 brane with a large black spot, edged with white anteriorly. Dorsal 

 and anal with a yellow and black margin — the former with spots 

 similar to those on the body, the latter with three blue, black-edged 

 longitudinal stripes ; caudal yellow, with the base black, and with a 

 broad black transverse band on its posterior half. Pectoral brown- 

 ish at the base. {Bl.) 

 Amboyna 



5. Anampses twistii. 

 Bleeker, Act. Soc. tSc. Indo-Nederl. i. p. 56. 



D.^. A.f,. L. lat. 28. 



Dorsal spines stiff. The upper parts violet; sides of the head and 

 thoracic region yellow ; tail yellowish-violet ; opercular lobe blackish, 

 with a red spot ; no white spot on the scales of the thorax, belly, 

 neck, and hind part of the tail ; the other scales with a blue, blackish- 

 edged dot. Dorsal and anal fins with two or three series of blue ocelli, 

 and with a large black, blue-edged ocellus posteriorly near the base ; 

 anal with a white and black margin. Caudal brownish -yellow dotted 

 with blue, and with a white margin. Pectoral with the base black- 

 ish-violet. 



Amboyna. 



a. Fine specimen. From Dr. P. v. Bieeker's Collection. 



