25. ANAMPSES. 137 



0. Anampses amboiueusis. 



Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Neilerl. ii. Anihoina, viii. p. 80, and Atl. 

 Ichth. p. 103. tab. 25. fig. 2. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 29-30. 



Dorsal spines flexible. Violet : scales on the back with a small 

 roundish blue spot, those on the sides with a longitudinal stiipe ; 

 lateral and inferior parts of the head with some blue spots and un- 

 dulated lines. Dorsal and anal hns with a blackish and yellowish 

 margin, and ^vith three or four blue longitudinal streaks which are 

 interrupted posteriorly. Caudal brownish-violet, with several blue 

 oceUi and with a yellow and blackish crescent ; its upper and lower 

 margins are yellowish. Pectorals brown at the base. 



Amboyna. 



a. Adult. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



7. Anampses diadematus. 



Anampses diadematus, Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 21. taf. 0. fig. '6. 

 ? Anampses lineolatus, Benn. Proc. Zool. Soc. iii. 1837, p. 208. 



D. fry A. ^. L. lat. 30. 



Green : lips, a ti'ansverse streak above and below the mouth, a 

 streak along the throat, a band between the eyes, some lines on the 

 opercles, a vertical streak on each scale of the side of the body, and 

 a longitudinal one on each scale of the thoracic region, blue. Verti- 

 cal fins orange-coloured ; a blue spot between evei-y two rays of the 

 dorsal ; dorsal with a blue streak along the upper and lower margins ; 

 anal blue at the base and at the margin. Base of the pectoral blue. 



Red Sea. Mauritius ? 



8. Anampses viridis. 



Cuv. ^ Val. xiv. p. 13. 



D.l A.^. L. lat. 24. 



Uniform green ; anal with yellowish margin, ( Val.) 

 Mauritius. 



9. Anampses geographicus. 



Cuv. 8f Val. xiv. p. 10. pi. 389 ; Blcek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. i. 

 Amboina, p. 58, and Atl. Ichth. p. 102. tab. 25. fig. 3. 



D. i^. A. ^. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 8/22. 



Dorsal spines stiff. BroAvnish-violet, each scale with a blue ver- 

 tical streak; head, thoracic region and caudal fin with reticulated, 

 blue, darker-edged lines. Vertical fins with a yellow, blue and 

 black margin ; dorsal and anal with numerous small blue dots. 



Amboyna. 



«. Adult. From Dr. P. v. Blocker's Collection. 



