152 LABRID^. 



violet bands, ascending obliquely forwards ; anal with a series of 

 ocelli along the base and with a band along the middle ; caudal with 

 black dots, and sometimes immaculate. 

 Ked Sea. East Indies. 



a. Adult. Red Sea. Presented by J. Burton, Esq. 



b. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



c Adult. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. {Halkhceres rcichei.) 

 d. Adult. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



18. Platyglossus poecilus. 



Julia pcecila, Richards, in Beech. J'oy. Zool. Fish. p. 06. pi. 19. fig. 1. 



harloffii, Bleek. Verhand. Butar. Genootseh. xxii. Labr. Cr/cl. p. 22. 



Halichoeres pcecila, Bkek. Synon. Labr. p. 15, and Atl. Ichih. p. 115. 

 tab. 39. fig. 4. 



J. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 28. 



The height of the body is rather less than the length of the head, 

 and one-fourth of the total. Olive (in spirits), with three irregular, 

 more or less interrupted violet longitudinal bands, the lower of which 

 runs from above the pectoral to the middle of the root of the caudal ; 

 irregular series of silvery spots between these bands ; sides of the 

 belly with several silvery blotches. Aboiit Jive silver)/ S2)ots on the 

 back, along the base of the dorsal. Head with several reddish-violet 

 bands, those on the cheeTc and on the opercles forming complete rings. 

 Opercular lobe dark-violet, preceded by a silvery spot. Dorsal fin 

 with a black spot between the first and third rays, and sometimes 

 with a second between the first two spines, and with red ocelli ; anal 

 with a series of ocelli along the base and with a band along the 

 middle ; caudal with red ocelli. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



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



19. Platyglossus kawarin. 



Julis kawarin, Bleek. Timor, p. 172. 



Halichoerea kawarin, JBleek. Atl. lehth. p. 121. tab. 41, fig. 4. 



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



The height of the body equals the lengih of the head, and is one- 

 fourth of the total. Caudal rounded. Greenish, with irregular 

 violet spots on the back, and with red (in spirits white) subreticulated 

 spots on the side ; head with reddish-violet streaks ; a deep-blue spot 

 behind the orbit ; a black spot between the last spine and second ray of 

 the dorsal fin ; large reddish-violet spots along the base of the anal, 

 smaller ones on its outer portion ; caudal violet posteriorly. (Bl.) 



Coasts of Celebes and Timor. 



a. Thirty-four lines long. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's CoUection. — This 

 specimen has no spots along the base of the anal fin. 



