39. Platyglossus podostigma. 



Julis podostigma, Bleek. Fluris, p. 332. 



Halichoeres podostigma, Bleek. ISxju. Lubr. in Versl. Akad. Wet. Am- 

 stcrd. xiii. p. 288, and Atl. Ichth. p. 12(3. tab. 32. fig. 4. 



^■xh.- A-f.- L.lat.27. 



The height of the body is equal to, or somc-\vhat less than, the 

 length of the head, and one-fourth of the total. Caudal rounded. 

 Head and thorax yellow, caudal fin reddish, body violet ; head with 

 red streaks edged with blue (during life). Ventral with a black, 

 blue-edged spot on the middle in the yoimg ; a black oblong spot 

 behind the axil of the pectoral, and another on its base ; dorsal and 

 anal fins with blue margins, and with numerous oblique reddish 

 stripes or spots ; caudal immaculate. 



Coasts of Floris, Booroo, and Amboyna. 



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



40. Platyglossus marginatus. 



? Platyglossus, no. 1, Klein, Pise. Miss. iv. p. 40. tab. 12. fig. 5. 



Halichoeres marginatus, Biipp. N. W. Fisrhe, p. 10. 



Julis raarginata, Cuv. 8f Vul. xiii. p. 400. 



Julis annularis, (Kuhl d^ v. Hass.) Cuv. <^ Val. xiii. p. 482; Bleek. 

 Nattiurk. Tydschr. Nederl Ind. v. 1853, p. 513, ii. 1851, pi. 2 (in- 

 correct). 



Platyglossus annalaris, Bleek. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 411. 



marginatus, Bleek. Si/n. Liihr. p. 10, and Atl. Ichth. p. 100. tab. 41. 



fig. 3. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 3/10. 



The height of the body is contained three times and a half in the 

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

 rounded ; the fijst ventral ray prolonged. Blackish-green ; head and 

 anterior part of the body with undulated light-green streaks, edged 

 with blue. Vertical fins with numerous red ocelli and streaks, each 

 edged with blue. A large green crescent-shaped spot on the basal 

 half of the caudal. Vertical fins with a blue margin. 



Red Sea. Mauritius. Ceylon, East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Adult : stuiFed. Mauritius. From Dr. Jan\-ier's Collection, 

 h. Adult : skin. Ceylon. From Dr. Kelaart's Collection, 

 e. Young. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



41. Platyglossus notophthalmus. 



Tautoga notophthalnuis, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl i. Manado 



8f Macassar, p. 53. 

 Hemitautoga notophthalmus, Bleek. Versl. Akad. Wet. Amst. xiii. 



p. 292, and Atl. Ichth. p. 140. tab. 21. fig. 1. 



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



A posterior canine tooth ; some small scales behind the eye ; 

 opercle^ naked. The height of the body is contained four times and 



