108 I.AHKI1I.K. 



caiulul darker than the remainder of the lin ; ventral fihimcnt black- 

 ish ; no black spot in the axil. 

 8icr!ra Leone. 



rt. Fine specimen. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



h-d. Adiilt. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



r. Adult: skeleton. From the ('ollection of the Zoological Society. 



4. Coris multicolor. 



Ilalichceres nudticolor, Riipp. N. W. Fischc, p. 15. taf. 4. fi;j. '^. 

 D. ^. A. ~. L. lat. 55. L. transv. 5/20. 



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

 and two-ninths of the total. A posterior' canine tooth. Caudal 

 rounded ; the anterior dorsal spine rathef produced, the first ventral 

 ray prolonged. Back with six broad brown cross-bands ; one or three 

 blue bands along the sides ; dorsal with a black blotch anteriorly. 



Var. a. Only one blue band, from the maxillary through the eye 

 along the upper portion of the lateral line ; the brown cross-bands 

 extend downwards to the middle of the side ; dorsal and anal fins 

 Avith bluish longitudinal lines ; the whole of the inferior side yellow- 

 ish, with an interrupted yellow band from behind the axil. 



Red Sea. 



Var. j8. Three blue bands along the anterior part of the body ; the 

 brown cross-bands extend do"WTiwards to the middle of the side ; in- 

 ferior side of the tail with an irregular deep-brown spot below the 

 third cross-band. The soft dorsal with small sj)ots ; anal with lines. 



New Hebrides. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Aneiteum. From Mr. Macgillivray's Collection. 



Var. y. Three blue bands extending nearly to the caudal; the 

 brown (violet during life) cross-bands reach downwards to the loAver 

 side, and the inferior extremity of the third band is deep blackish- 

 brown. The soft dorsal with oblique violet streaks ; anal with lon- 

 gitudinal lines. 



New Hebrides. 



b. Adult: stuffed. Aneiteum. From Mr. Macgillivray's Collection. 



5. Coris variegata. 



Ilalichceres variegatus, Rupp. N. W. Fischc, p. 14. taf. 4. lig. 2. 

 Jiilis variegatus, Cm\ 8f Val. xiii. p. 402. 



8chia'deri, iJlccJi. Act. -S'or. Sc. Indo-Ncdol. iii. Amhouia, x. p. H. 



Ileniicoris variegatus, JJlcck. Pror. Zool. Soc. 18(51, p. 411; Si/noti. 

 Lahr. p. 10, and Atl. Ichth. p. 10(3. tab. ;U). fig. 4. 



1) ^. A. i. L. lat. 52. L. transv. G/22. 

 1111 ' 



'i'he height of the body eiiuals the length of the head, and is some- 

 what more than one-fourth of the total. A posterior canine tooth. 

 Caudal miiuded : ventral itoinlrd. A deep-blue spot behind the 



