28. PLATYGLOSSUS. 157 



31. Platyglossus modestus. 



Julis modestus, Bleek. Vcrhand. Baiav.Genootsch. xxii. Labi: Ci/cl. p. 20. 

 Halichoeres modestus, Bleek. Versl. Akad. Wet. Amsterd. xiii. p. 287, 

 and Atl Ichth. p. 120. tab. 35. fig. 2. 



D. f-^. A. ^. L. lat. 28. L. transv. 3/10. 



The height of the body is contained four times in the total lengthy 

 the length of the head three times and two-thirds. Caudal rounded ; 

 dorsal spines pungent. A large blach blotch on the middle of the 

 sides ; hacJc ivith longitudinal series of very small black dots. A 

 bluish-black spot behind the eye ; an undulated whitish band from 

 the angle of the mouth, below the eye, to the operculum ; root of the 

 pectoral with a black transverse streak. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



a-€. Fine specimens. Singapore. 



32. Platyglossus bimaculatus. 



Halichoeres bimaculatus, Ritpp. N.W. Fische, p, 17. taf. 5. fig. 2. 

 Julis bimaculatus, Cuv. Sf Val. xiii. p. 490. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 2/10. 



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

 fourth of the total. Caudal truncated. A black spot on the ninth 

 and tenth scales of the lateral line. Green, with a blue longitudinal 

 band running from the operculum across the bend of the lateral line 

 to the upper part of the base of the caudal. Head with light-%'iolet 

 bands radiating from the eye. 



Var. a. Dorsal and anal with the inner half reddish-violet and 

 with a series of blue dots along the base, the outer half with red, 

 black, blue and green longitudinal bands ; caudal spotted with bluish. 

 — Red Sea. 



Var. /3. Dorsal with two longitudinal, caudal with three trans- 

 verse series of ocelli. — Ceylon. 



a-b. Adult : sttiffed : not good state. Ceylon. From Dr. Kelaart's 

 Collection. 



33. Platyglossus hartzfeldii. 



Julis hartzfeldii, Bleek. Amhoina, ii. p. 503. 



Halichoeres hartzfeldii, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 123. tab. 35. fig. 4. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 27. 



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

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

 Caudal subtruncated. Head green, with reddish-violet bands. Body 

 with a broad purple longitudinal band, edged with blue, running 

 from the operculum to the caudal fin, and sometimes marked with 

 one or two black dots behind the dorsal ; anJSbUque reddish-violet 

 band from the base of the pectoral to the belly.; a large violet spot on 

 the side, covered by the end of the pectoral- Dorsal fin reddish-violet 

 below, yellow above with a blue longitudinal stripe ; blue ocelli be- 



