200 LABRID^. 



h. Adult : stuffed. Mauritius. From M. Desjardine's Collection. 

 c. Adult : stuffed. Anoiteum. From Mr. Macgillivray's Collection. 

 — Uniform blackish-violet. 



8. Coris gaimardi. 



Valetit. fig. 337 ; Renard, ii. figs. 9, 59, 154. 



Julis gaimardi, Quoy fy Gaim. Voy. Uran. Zool. p. 265. pi. 54. fig. 1 ; 



Cuv. 8f Val. xiii. p. 500 (not synon.). 

 Coris gaimardi, Giinth. Ann. 4" Mag. Nat. Hist. 1861, viii. p. 387; Bleek. 



Atl. Ichth. p. 99. tab. 19. fig. 2. 



D.^. A.l L.Iat.80. 



The height of the body is rather more than one-fourth of the total 

 length. A posterior canine tooth. Upper lip broad, with folds ; the 

 lower not continuous with that of the other side, pendent. The 

 anterior dorsal spine produced ; caudal subtruncated ; ventral long, 

 pointed. Carmine-red, darker anteriorly ; tail with numerous blue 

 dots, disposed in longitudinal series. A large yellow blotch behind 

 the pectoral. A green undulated band from the orbit to the first 

 dorsal spine ; a blue curved band from one eye to the other ; two 

 violet bands on the side of the head ; vertical fins yellow, vrith very 

 small dots on the base ; dorsal and anal fins with two or three blue 

 lines along the margins ; axil black. 



Sandwich Islands. Timor. 



a. Adult: skin. Copang. {= Julis caudimacula, vox., Wichoxdi^.) 



9. Coris pulcherrima. 



Valent. iii. p. 458. fig. 355 ; Renard, i. tab. 2. fig. 11. 



Julis formosus, (Sicaitis.) Bleek. Celeb, iv. p. 169 (not Benn.). 



Coris forniosa, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 99. tab. 19. fig. 3. 



D.f,. A.l. L.lat.84. 



The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length. No pos- 

 te.vior canine tooth. Anterior dorsal spine produced ; caudal rounded ; 

 watral long, pointed. Head brownish-yellow ; body brownish-violet, 

 darker posteriorly ; trunk with scattered small blue ocelli, which 

 become more numerous on the tail, where they are disposed in irre- 

 gular longitudinal series. A series of blue spots runs from the eye to 

 the origin of the dorsal fin, and are more or less confluent into a 

 narrow stripe ; a single blue stripe along the median line of the fore- 

 head and nape ; two broad reddish-violet bands on the side of the 

 head. Fins yellow : dorsal and anal edged with blue and with two or 

 three series of blue ocelli ; axil black ; ventral with the outer margin 

 blue. Dorsal with a brown blotch anteriorly at the base. 



Celebes, Amboyna, Tabitti. New Hebrides. 



a. Fine specimen. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 6. Adult. Tabitti. From Mr. Stutchbury's Collection. 

 c. Half-grown : stuffed. Ancitoum. From Mr. Macgillivray's Col- 

 lection. 



