146 LABRID^. 



tween. the snout and the eye ; sides of the head with oblong violet 

 spots ; a reddish-violet spot behind the orbit ; a violet band, bordered 

 by series of silvery ocelli, runs from the operculum to the caudal ; 

 scales on the back with a brown spot, the spots on the nape forminfj 

 two longitudinal series ; a larr/e blacJc spot between the fifth and sixth 

 dorsal spines ; axil yellow, 

 Java, Singapore, Pinang. 



«. Adult : skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 b, c-d. Adult. Singapore. 



It may be questioned whether the figure given by Seba should not 

 more properly be referred to PI. macidijnnnis. I willingly adopt, 

 however, Dr. v. Blocker's opinion, in order not to increase the num- 

 ber of synonyms. 



6. Platyglossus scapularis. 



Julis scapularis, Benn. Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. 18.31, p. 167. 



coeruleovittatus, Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 14. taf. 4. fig. ] (vav.). 



elegans, (Kuhl Sf v. Hass.) Cur. <5* ^al. xiii. p. 467 ; Bleek. Na- 



tuurh. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. iii. p. 289, ii. p] •^. 



■ leschenaultii, Cuv. 6|- Val. xiii. p. 453. 



phaiotsenia, Bleeh. Batoc, p. 322. 



Giintlieria coeruleovittata, Bleek. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 413; VersL 



Akad. Wet. Amsterd. xiii. p. 291, midiAtl. Ichth. p. 137. tab. 32. fig.2. 



D. ^^. A. ^. L. lat. 25. L. transv. ff. 



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

 fourth of the total ; caudal rounded ; the outer ventral ray prolonged. 

 A broad brownish-violet band runs from the scapulary region toivards 

 the back of the tail and is darkest anteriorly ; a broad red, blue- 

 edged band from the snout to the eye ; another, irregular and oblique, 

 ascends from below the eye to the commencement of the lateral band; 

 a red streak descends from the axil to the abdomen. Anal and dorsal 

 fins with a green, blue-edged band ; caudal with reddish-violet more 

 or less confluent transverse bands. 



From the eastern coasts of Africa to the East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Adult. Mauritius. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



— Type of the species. 



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



c. Fine specimen. Coram. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



d. Young : not good state. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank, 



e. Adult : bad state. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



/. Young: not good state. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 

 {•fulis 2>haiotcenia .) 



In the variety figured by Riippell, the red postocular band is con- 

 tinued along the front part of the lateral line ; and the lateral band 

 is not of a brownish, but of a bhie colour. The specimen froni 

 Mozambique approaches the variety from the Red Sea. The mark- 

 ings on the head are exactly the same in all the specimens. 



