28. PLATYGLOSSUS. 145 



3. Pl^tyglossus javanicus. 



JuHs javanicus, Bleek. Java, iv. p. 341. 



Halicnoeres javanicus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 125. tab. 40. fig-. 3. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 28. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head and is two- 

 ninths of the total. Caudal rounded; dorsal spines pungent. Brown- 

 ish-red : head with reddish-violet streaks ; a blue sjjot hehind the 

 orbit ; a black sjiot superiorly at the base of the pectoral ; lorsal with 

 two to three series of yelloiv ocelli; anal immaculate; caudal with 

 numerous yellow ocelli and with the corners broadly edged with 

 yeUow. (Bl.) 



Coast of Karangbollong. Singapore. 



a. Four inches long : not good state. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Col- 

 lection. 



4. Platyglossus geoffroyii. 



Julis geoffi'oyii, Quny iS" Oaitn. Vat/. Uran. Zool. p. 270. pi. 66. fig. 3 ; 



Cuv. 8f Val. xiii. p. 479 ; Bleek. Act. Sac. So. Indo-Nederl. i. Manado 



en Makass. p. 58. 



meleagris, Cuv. ^ Val. xiii. p. 481. 



Macropharyngodon geoffi-oyi, Bleek. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 412, and 



Ati. Ichih. p. 129. tab. 37. fig. 6. 



D. ^. A. 1. L. lat. 27-28. 



The height of the body is contained thrice and two-thirds in the 

 total length, the length of the head four times and two-thirds to 

 four times and a half. Neck elevated. Caudal rounded. llosy-\-iolet, 

 each scale with a green, blue-edged ocellus ; a black spot, divided into 

 two by a yellow one, behind the operculum ; thorax with two oblique 

 greenish, blue-edged bands ; a black spot behind the isthmus ; head 

 with short streaks and ocelli ; dorsal with two series of yellow, blue- 

 edged ocelli, one along the base, the other along the midclle and partly 

 confluent on the soft dorsal ; a violet, yellotv-edr/ed spot between the 

 first and third spines ; anal coloured like the soft dorsal ; caudal with 

 five transverse series of similar ocelli and with the corners broadly 

 edged with bro\vn. Ventral with two or three ocelli. (Bl.) 



Sandwich Islands, Ulea, Celebes. 



a-b. Adult : stuffed. 



5. Platyglossus bicolor. 



Seha, iii. pi. 31. fig. 8. 



Labrus bicolor, Bl. Scfui. p. 267. 



Julis mola, pt.. Cant. Catal. p. 238. 



margaritopliorus, Bleek. Bataria, p. 487. 



Halichoeres bicolor, Bleek. Synon. Labr. p. 12, and Atl. Ichth. p. 118. 

 tab. 39. fig. 5. 



D. -?-. A. -. L. lat. 30. 



12 12 



The height of the body equals the length of the head and is two- 

 ninths of the total. Caudal rounded. Greenish : a violet band bo- 



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