156 LABRID.E. 



Halichoeres guttatus, Bleek. Si/noii. Labr. p. 1.3, and Atl. IcJith. p. 124. 

 tab. 35. fig. 1. 



D.^. A.l L.lat. 26. 



The height of the body is a little more than the length of the 

 head, and two-ninths of the total ; caudal fin rounded. Body dark 

 reddish-violet, with a brown band from the head to the caudal, above 

 the lateral line ; a series of four or five light spots on the back ; 

 sides witJi seven series of red, hlue-edyed ocelli ; head with reddish- 

 violet bands. Dorsal and anal fins with two or three series of red, 

 blue-edged ocelli, which are partly confluent, forming bands ; caudal 

 with bluish rings, blackish posteriorly, the angles being yeUow. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Adult. Sumatra. From Sir T. S. Ilaffles's Collection. — Type of 



Jtdis r<)y/((.svBenn. 



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



c. Fine specimen. Chusan. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



2D. Platyglossus amboinensis. 



Julis amboinensis, Blcck. Act. ISoc. Sc. Indn-Ncdcrl. i. Ainhoina. p. 55.. 

 Halichoeres amboinensis, lilevk. Afl. Ichth. p. 122. tab. ."jZ. Hg. 3. 



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



The height of the body is contained four times and a fifth in the 

 total length, the length of the head four times and a half. Caudal 

 rounded ; the first ventral ray produced. Crown of the head and 

 nape ivith series of reddish-violet sjyots. Head with three longitudinal, 

 thorax with two oblique reddish-violet bands. A hluish-bhtck sjjot 

 between the first and third dorsal spines; anal immaculate, and, like 

 the dorsal, edged with blue. Caudal with five or six rose-coloured 

 transverse stripes, violet posteriorly. Pectoral with a violet and red 

 streak across the base. 



Amboyna. 



30. Platyglossus leparensis. 



Jidis leparensis, JSleek. Banka, ii. p. 7.30. 



Halichceres leparensis, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 119. tab. 42. fig. 5. 



D.i,. A.l L. lat. 26. 



The height of the body is contained four times and a half to four 

 times and three-fourths in the total length, the length of the head 

 four times. Caudal rounded. Dorsal fin vnth two black ocelli, one 

 between the two first spines, the other between the two first rays ; 

 a third black, red-edged ocellus posteriorly and superiorly on the tail. 

 Most of the scales on the back with a brown spot ; six well-defined 

 silvery lines alomj the sides, the upper of which runs from the eye to 

 the caudal fin. A broad brown streak from the eye to the maxillary; 

 a brown spot behind the eye ; operculum with four curved yellowish 

 stripes superiorly. Caudal fin red. 



East Indian Archipelago. 

 n. Fine specimen. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



