;35. coKis. 199 



orbit ; a small black ocellus, edged with white, anteriorly on the 

 dorsal, and another larger one on the commencement of the soft por- 

 tion. Brownish-green, with six white vertical streaks on the back, 

 with irregular brown dots, and with fine undulated yellow lines along 

 the upper part of the side. Cheek with three blue longitudinal lines. 

 Red Sea ; Amboyna. 



a. From Dr. Kiippell's Collection. 



Bleeker's description of the colours difters considerably from 

 Riippell's : the Amboynese fish is red, with seven brown cross-bands 

 on the back, broader than the interspaces of the light ground-colour 

 between them ; head with a reddish-violet band through the eye, 

 and with a curved band of the same coloui- on the cheek and opercles. 

 A reddish-violet band along the dorsal and anal fins ; two black spots 

 on the dorsal, as in the Red Sea fish. 



The specimen in the British Museum has lost nearly all its colours. 



6. Coris batuensis. 



Julis batuensis, lileek. Batoc, iii. p. 240. 



Hemicoris batuensis, Blech. Si/n. Labr. p. 10, and Atl. Ichth. p. 107. 

 tab. 36. fig. 3. 



D. ^. A. l^. L. lat. 50. 



The height of the body is contained four times and three-fourths 

 in the total length, the length of the head five times, and that of the 

 caudal five times and a half. A posterior canine tooth. Caudal trun- 

 cated ; the anterior dorsal spine shorter than the following ; pectoral 

 longer than ventral. Back violet, with some indistinct broad cross- 

 bands ; an oblique streak from the snout to the eye, and from behind 

 the eye to the gill-opening. Dorsal fin anteiiorly with a violet spot ; 

 pectorals with, a violet band across the base. {BL) 



Batoe. 



7. Coris cuvieri. 



Julis cuvieri, Bcmi. Proc. Coiinn. Zool. >Soc. i. p. 128. 

 stellatus, Cur. ^ Veil. xiii. p. 49U. 



D. ^. A.f^. L. lat. 80-85. 



The height of the body is rather more ttian the length of the head, 

 or than one-fourth of tlie total. A jwstcrior canine tooth; upper lij) 

 broad, with folds ; the lower not continuous with that of tlie other 

 side, pendent. The anteiior dorsal spine produced ; catidal subtrun- 

 cated ; ventral long, pointed. Brownish -violet, with blue or green 

 dots; head with three broad brownish-red bands. The inner half of 

 the dorsal and anal fins with nximerous irregular oblique violet lines, 

 the outer half blackish-violet ; ca\idal blackish-violet, with the basal 

 portion lighter and dotted with l)lue. Dried specimens uniform 

 biownish or blackish. 



]k[auritius. New Hebrides. 



a. Adult. Mauritius. From tlio Cullcctioii of the Zoological Society. 

 — Type of the species. 



